Flat I don't like, but with some ups and downs is ok with me. It's the extremes that are not ok. I do like full mania while it's on, but hypo is uncomfortable and depression is horrid. Mixed scares me every time. It's not really worth the price and the fallout and ruin and relationships ended and money lost aren't ok. I've grown to not like the manic me and the things he's done. That's why I take the meds... For me. I don't have anyone left to take them for, but me.