Hello there. I just read your post. You know from what research I've done and also being Bipolar 1 that is the lie of the bipolar disease itself telling you that you can get off your meds. Once you are Bipolar you always are. I can't imagine getting off of my meds. In fact, I had to once because my pdoc took me off of them because he was a nut case and I go so bad I thought I was going to lose it. This is just me of course. Everyone is different.