Just to chime in a bit more...sorry..I have a therapist and she is a family therapist with many years of experience but she is used to discuss and talk, she provides great ideas and feedback. Then I have my doctor (actually a second one) who treats and diagnosed me. Now I know and suspect that besides of being bipolar I might have other maladies but I do not want any medications as the maladies are ancillary and a cocktail of meds would do me more harm than good. Nobody I mean nobody has a clue how these cocktails of meds interact and effect your brain on the long run. No to mention the severe health,m wight and other problems they cause. So I just keep it simple take as little as I need to survive. I could be taking a heel of a lot more meds if you consider all the problems I have