Went to the doc today for a follow up after increasing my antidepressant (Trintellix) 6 weeks ago. I’ve been on Abilify for about 2 years and it stopped (what I thought was) a manic episode but my depression has run rampant so she put me on Trintellix and the plan was to go up to 20mg today 

BUT INSTEAD she says that I might not be bipolar after all as I haven’t had a manic episode since I’ve seen her (2 years).  I ask her if it’s okay to come off of abilify then (my med list is starting to pile up) and she said no. Instead she wants to try a new mood stabilizer (Latuda) while I’m still on Abilify. I don’t get it.

Is this normal? If I’m not bipolar why would I need to be on a mood stabilizer… or 2 even.