I can't stop myself from commenting on your blog as someone who is also bp and on the same shit. As I'm also member of the local startup community *cough*, though not yet successful enough to be confident that people will still be alright with hiring me post-bipolar disclosure, I'll post this hush-hush style.
I just want to say that I've had great success with Trileptal, and anti-convulsants in general. I'm on three of them, actually: Trileptal, Lamictal and Topamax currently. The Topamax especially has helped me function enough so that no one actually knows there's anything going except for a lot of awesome! Hopefully one day bipolar disorder won't feel like such a big fucking deal to tell people about.
I wish you the best! Thanks for coming out for the crazy yet still successful team; someday I will, too!