If your symptoms are truly mild I agree that is a pretty aggressive strategy. I had extreme psychosis, but I was able to communicate to my doctors that I am med sensitive and they started me on a starter dose of an AP and then went from there. I was never put on a mood stabilizer. I responded well, so they kept me at the starter dose and never went up or added new meds.

I feel like overmedicating really shifts your brain chemistry and neural pathways in unexpected ways. It should be the goal of every practitioner to prove new and stronger meds are needed.

What is mania typically like for you? Do you have psychosis or bleedover symptoms when you are not in an episode?