I honestly don't know. Just know that medication, while useful is hardly ever the complete answer. Don' t be surprised if they tweak and tweak and keep tweaking your meds.

I think the most important thing is to know yourself. Know your triggers. Know what tends to happen first when you start to get hypomanic/manic; it is always lack of sleep for me. Always reach out to your pdoc and/or therapist for help when you need it. Go to the ER if necessary. Just take it one day at a time.

Exercise helps me, but I'm an overexerciser; that's what got me diagnosed with an eating disorder and into the mental health system in the first place. But it does help a lot of people, and it helps my anxiety too. Practice good sleep hygiene. If you are getting 4 hours of sleep a night, you know in your brain, that is not enough. If you can't sleep on your meds or on your own, ask for help. My #1 trigger is lack of sleep (tends to steer me right into hypomania and then full-blown mania). Learn what your triggers are.

But I think most important is to get help when you need it.