I would back up what's been said about a full review of your tx plan, more than just meds if possible.

I've been through that whole round of thinking more than once but for me, my function is so badly impacted that I don't have a choice to avoid the meds until I've been stable long enough to have my life to where I can try. Low medication is a long term goal of mine but realistically I have to get to the point where it's at all likely to succeed. And my life is nowhere near that.

So for me we are systematically trying different meds one at a time now. And I'm doing a TON of reading of the latest research on bipolar, meds, etc.

One thing that stands out to me over and over is that when cycling happens, it changes the brain to make future cycling more likely, and meds less likely to work.

Think very very carefully when it comes to stopping meds. Or in my case, tweaking them to induce a hypomanic state because it's better than being unable to get out of bed. In the short term, absolutely yes. In the long term, definitely not.