Antipsychotics are often used as mood stabilizers. Given your history, I doubt that your doctor thought your illness was too "mild" to warrant treatment with a mood stabilizer. More likely, she knew you were susceptible to psychosis, and since APs have mood stabilizing properties in addition to their antipsychotic effects, she thought she could kill two birds with one stone.
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