I also have bi polar :) waves and am just coming out of a relapse, mostly caused by a bad reaction to fluoxetine (caused palpitations, anxiety, sweaty palms, extreme nervousness) and ended up at emergency GPs twice and A&E cos I had no effing clue what was happening. Anyhoo, we tailed off the fluoxetine and added propanolol to ease the nasty side effects it was causing.
Every day felt like a waiting game. I'd wake up at 6am. Smoke, have a cuppa, attempt to help DH get my eldest ready for school, sit nervously waiting for him to get home so I could go back to bed (also have an almost 3 year old) force myself up around midday (I wasnt sleeping, just lying in the dark and quiet) smoke, cuppa tea, spend some time with toddler, back to bed, up again at 3pm so DH could fetch eldest from school, back to bed, up at 6pm to spend time with kids before bed, and then batter the heck out of Netflix to distract myself during the evening. Dread going to bed cos I couldnt actually sleep, and was terrified of waking up in the morning, wondering if I'd feel better or worse. During this time I couldnt eat more than a few handfuls of Cheerios and was drinking a lot of water. Lost over a stone in 2 weeks.
DH said to me, every day: Baby steps. Not even one day at a time. Take it one hour at a time. Fri/Sat/Sun/Mon you could barely stay out of bed. Tuesday you spend from 1pm till 9pm up. Drastic improvement. Wednesday you only went back to bed mid morning for 2 hours.
That was the only way I stayed sane during that time. Horrible waiting game, waiting to feel better, just in anyway better. Be easy on yourself. Be kind to yourself. Baby step your way through it. Don't think about yesterday or tomorrow.
Sorry for the essay... Just thought sharing might help you !