Hi JMartin,
I'm also bipolar 2. I was asking to see if your problem was more with mania than depression. I've found Reiki hasn't done much for me in helping with my depressions. I've never tried using it to control hypomania.
I see by an earlier reply that medication's side effects were really hard on you. Perhaps the reason I stay on medication is that I have no such side effects...and I don't want to risk a relapse. That is to say, I guess, I'm just not motivated.
Rock On!
Roxy