I started Zyprexa (5mg) on 1/18, and Lithium (300mg) on 1/19. I began experiencing hypo mania shortly after starting the meds (it may have been there before, but I really started noticing that I was taking fast, had the urge to spend, was extremely irritable, etc after the fact) I told my pdoc, so we went up to Lithium 600mg and Zyprexa 10mg on the 26th. I feel like the hypo mania is getting worse. I'm worried a full blown manic episode might be near. He made it seem like the meds would work immediately, so now I'm freaking out that it's not working. Has anyone experienced getting worse before getting better? I'm just so frustrated I want to cry. Could the meds be making me feel this way?