I won't ask my husband for help. He knows I'm "depressed" and sleeping a lot, but that's it. Even if he knew I was really struggling, he would make no effort to alter his behavior.

I've taken Wellbutrin in the past and it's made me manic.

I've tolerated Zoloft the best- in low doses, for short periods of time. But the last time I took it (for OCD), it caused hypomania relatively quickly, and contributed to an episode of agitated mania that required hospitalization.

Even though I'm depressed right now, I'm so brittle and prone to mania, putting me on any antidepressant is a big risk that my pdoc is very reluctant to take. Med induced mania can come on quicker and be more severe than my typical manic episodes that are usually preceded by hypomania.

And if she decides she want to try another atypical antipsychotic, there are problems there, too…