A little history: I was diagnosed at a time that I was in a very bad and toxic marriage at the point of break up. My pdoc and T both noted that it was hard to separate the emotions of divorce from unstable mood. The thought of going off of meds has been with me for some time. A few months ago, my doctor was on board with a decrease, until I had a PTSD episode that triggered depression. Since then, we have been going in the opposite direction. I was at a pretty stable place and then I met two different people who announced they had BD. Their behavior was so erratic that I thought, my diagnosis just can't be right. I think I am being treated for the wrong thing. So, I said that I would goito go off of my meds to see where I stand on this side of divorce. I just need to know that the dx is right and not just side effects of the wrong medications or life events.