Learning to recognize the signs of mania and dealing with it appropriately is a big factor in long term quality of life... i say that regrettably from the position of someone who took many times to learn.

Smart decision to stay on an AP for awhile. I'm not a big fan of switching more than one medication at a time anyway because on top of the changes in mental states intrinsic to the disease a person has to deal with the effects on the brain from each medication that is added or subtracted.

I have been both overmedicated and undermedicated...