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Hi Cloudstrife, What you've described in your OP is exactly what I call "agitated mania." For me, that means a mixed state, but instead of a euphoric mania, it's a dysphoric mania - and a depression.
BD frequently manifests as an agitated mania for me. The edginess, anger, agitation, anxiety - coupled with a moderate depression. Not a pleasant state of being!
It does not sound like you're over-reacting to having symptoms of (dysphoric) manic/depression, at all. When I read your post, in my mind I saw a red flag.
I believe that restarting Lamictal would be an excellent idea. I'll add that the problem with entirely stopping Lamictal is that to reach a therapeutic dose we have to start out so slowly for the first month or more. So completely stopping it when we know we have BD, and know that Lamictal has stabilized us, puts us in the position of having to climb the medication mountain all over again.
btw, I want to commend you for kicking the caffeine and alcohol. That's a major accomplishment.
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