I have read that SSRIs can induce mania in bipolar patients, but is it common that they barely help at all?

I have been taking an SSRI with a mood stabilizer, the mood stabilizer works well for me and keeps me from getting too high even when I don't get much sleep. In the past I stopped taking my mood stabilizer and continued taking only the SSRI because I was hoping for euphoric hypomania. Dangerous game, I know. Instead of euphoria I felt like living in hell, maybe that was a mixed state.

Well I guess the SSRI I have been taking for almost a year now has kept me away from the deepest depressions, until now. To be honest I am not very functional in my daily life right now.

I'm looking forward for a medication change, and I'd like to read your experiences about SSRI meds. I don't find mine very effective, I just wonder if it's worth to give another SSRI a try, or better try something else...