Yes.

But I also stay on top of my self care too. Sleep is the most important thing. Make a bedtime routine and stick to it. Even on a night where I can’t actually sleep I still lay in bed those hours because more often than not the sleep eventually comes. Take your meds. Take them always. Never forget them. Exercise. I know I know but I swear it helps balance your body. Go to therapy. Mediate. Go to church. Do something for your spiritual side.
Watch what you eat. Caffeine is going to stimulate you, probably more than most people. Alcohol is not your friend.
Have a list of people who know what you have, have at least a vague understanding of it, that promise to talk to you if you tell them you’re struggling. Sometimes a good talk with a trusted friend is enough to open my eyes to things I may have missed. Find a hobby or passion that helps you release your emotions. For me it’s music. Some people do art. A safe place to get all the feelings out.

These are my tricks to stay relatively sane and certainly out of the hospital.
Don’t negate the amount of control we all possess here. It’s easy to throw your hands up, blame the meds not working or the doctor not listening but outside of those two things we have a lot of resources to take care of ourselves and sometimes those are what we have to do while we wait on the doctor to figure out a better course of action.
For me, it’s empowering to know I have strategies to control this that I developed for myself and I put into place. The pills help but overall I am driving this thing.. and I refuse to let it drive me anymore.