I calm down with gabapentin. It’s great for anxiety, and now that my mood is swinging up, I’m finding I’m irritable and the gabapentin helps with that too. I have 100mg pills for the daytime (this is a very light dose that I don’t often need) and 300 mg pills for the afternoon and evening.

I’m on lithium always, and I have Seroquel as a take as needed for sleep (25 mg).

I’m in therapy too—which is equally important. Stressors can set off a mood swing in either direction. I can’t avoid the stress, I need to work, so I have to learn to cope.