My psychiatrist is.

He thinks I might not be Bipolar, at least, he said it's a possibilty. Possibly Schizoaffective. I get very strong psychosis and my moods do change. He said Abilify can be used as a stand alone medication and that we can try to go off the other medications.

It was partially my choice, I should have added that in there, but that doesn't mean it's still not a scary thought to me.

Lithium has some side effects for me that we'd like to try and eliminate (such as the fact that it's a salt and I have to drink A LOT), which is partially why we want to try and see if something else could work.

Also, I feel like Lithium doesn't do it's job for me. I still feel how I felt before we started Lithium. It might kill it down just a tad, but really, I don't think it helps all that much.

There's probably more to the situation that I'm forgetting, but that's the reasoning behind that.

And thank you for the advice. I don't know if I could do that, though... That'd take a lof of courage that I lack.