I have been on tripatal for a while and it really helps dampen my moods down. I don't get severely depressed or hypomanic as much as I used to. BUT I still have some depression, I brought it up to my doctor and she asked if i had motivation and I was like, its ok. My motivation is "ok" meaning I still do what I have to do such as school, chores, run errands. But that's it I find it extremely hard to keep a consistent mood of optimism or motivation. Periodically, I still have some mild hypomania and those are the times where Im very productive with my freelance work, but aside from that I just feel.."blah". Im not sure if this is serious enough to warrant meds or not.