Personally, I find acupuncture to help me, in particular with my hormone related mood and anxiety symptoms and also joint pain that is unrelated to mental illness. I have mentioned before that I question the bipolar diagnosis in myself, though, so will just say it helps moods, whatever the cause for me. I am not aware of there being much scientific evidence of it working in bipolar from what I have read, and I am sure people will respond differently. One thing I will say is it mattered which acupuncturist was providing the treatment to me. I saw one person that didn't help me, but a few over the years that really have. In fact, I felt worse around the time I was seeing the one that didn't help (in terms of joint pain), but could have been a coincidence. I have looked for people with a lot of good reviews and years of experience once I discovered it mattered who I saw.

Also, my psychiatrist said if it was helping me to keep doing it. Maybe alternative medicine is something you could discuss with your pdoc/therapist, too. They might know the latest research.