"just been diagnosed with bi polar disorder after goodness knows how many years of episodes. took my shrink the best part of 2 years to finally diagnose me after many different anti depressants, sleepless nights, racing thoughts, and wild partying till the early hours (sometimes on my own!!!). just started on depakote 3 weeks ago initally on 500mg per day which didn&#039;t help my mania, now on 500mg morning, and 500mg evening which calms me down, helps me sleep, deals with my irritability and mania, and generally slows me down. i have found that i get eye jolts ... fuzziness, but for the first time in 3 years (when it all started back up!), i am beginning to feel &quot;normal&quot;. we&#039;ll see how it goes.  my consultant has mentioned lithium also."