Since I don't know you, it's not my place to diagnosis. However the definition of rapid-cycling is more than 4 episodes *a year*. It sounds like you may cycle at least several times a month. If you truly had bipolar my thought is that it would be well under control by now. Mania is a fairly straightforward thing to treat and people respond fairly quickly in a predictable way. However, if we assume you truly are bipolar, there is no reason you can't be on an effective dose of an anti-depressant, you just also have to be taking a mood stabilizer at the same time. We have people on high doses of antidepressants with mood stabilizers everyday and it sounds like you could use a higher AD dose. The Tegretol, Klonopin and Xanax should serve to protect you from mania (provided you are on an effective dose - easily checked with a blood level for Tegretol). My apologies if I offended you.