I'm on quite a lot of meds but I was just diagnosed. Without meds I'm out of control, my depressions are very severe and my manias are a bit out of hand, though my family has been able to stop me from doing reckless stuff. With my meds I am at a slightly raised baseline. (not hypo but close) and I am finally a little bit happy for life after a year of crippling depression.

I'm hoping to be able to function without the need of so many meds but that seems to be far away.