Yes, it is activating, but very slightly. I become hypo when the dose increases, but then it wears off once I adjust.

My pdoc is hesitant about adding a secondary AP. He wants to play around with what I already have to see if he can do something about my mood, I guess.

He's done a good job of preventing depressions. Now it's just the hypo/mania we have to work on. But the problem is that Abilify is mainly for depression just like Lamictal.

Ideally I would like to try something like Haldol, but my pdoc said a couple appointments ago that "we only prescribe atypicals in this office".