When you're on Lithium, you really need to be drinking tons of water. Most medications have warnings on them about being in the sun. I've always had a problem with the sun and anything too bright in general. I'm the only person I know that wears sunglasses whenever I'm driving at night. That's how bad my reaction to light is.

I've had migraines for 13 years. I had them before I ever went on medication for BD, so I can't say whether or not the two go hand in hand because I only know wat my own experience has been. I have had doctors tell me though that I can really only treat one at a time. Either treat my migraines or treat the depression. It's difficult to find something that will work on either end of the spectrum. I've had a migraine since Friday morning and have only been pain free twice for short periods of time. My whole body sort of shuts down to some extent when I'm suffering through a migraine. It would be lovely to be a person that never got a headache of any kind.