Hi, cgo. I suspet that if you're asking this, you've already answered your own question. The 2002 Bipolar Treatment Guidelines put out by the AMerican Psychiatric Association defines one of the goals of treatment as return to baseline functioning. So, first try to recall how what you were like when you were well. That's where you want to be. If you're feeling flatter than that, you need to talk to your psychiatrist. Keep in mind, you may need to give yourself time to adjust to your meds. Also, you may need to be taking higher doses than optimal until you learn various recovery skills (click on the Mange" link at the top for some good pointers). But in the long run, flat is not an acceptable trade-off for lower symptoms.