You are definitely not alone. I experienced mania after being on SSRIs. Since then, it comes and goes even when I am not taking any. Until the SSRIs I experienced hypomania from time to time. Earlier this year I consulted my pdoc about going off my meds. He reduced them. I later went off the rest of them on my own. My goal was to prove that the meds were causing the symptoms whenever they would arise. I also wanted to prove that when I was stable the meds were working but I was taking so many different kind that they just worked together to balance everything. I believed that I could function without them because I do not have Bipolar Disorder. I almost landed in the hospital. I recently went back to my pdoc and discussed the diagnosis again with charted data. I disputed every fluctuation in my mood. Even with my known history of mood fluctuation and the data from my charts, I just don't want to accept it.