APs come with serious side effects. If the mood stabilizers work you are much better off with just them. I think your doctor is being cautious and careful. That’s good. But perhaps you can tell him you feel he is keeping you in the dark and that makes you distrustful of his methods?
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Desiderata Max Ehrmann
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