You can so take an antidepressant, as long as your mood stabilizers are, well, stable.The only time I ever had a problem was with my retarded Florida shrink, who didn't have me on anything besides Zoloft. When I described hypomanic symptoms, he increased the dose, and 3 days later, I heard the voice of God. I have been on an anti depressent almost continuously for roughly 20 years, and believe me, I have a lot more trouble functioning when I'm not on one.