You did not luck out on Lithium - I have instant access to my expansive vocabulary on it. Always have had, even back when I was on high doses of Lithium (I am on a medium dose now). I do lose words, but, literally, one per month or even less frequently. Last time I lost a word was during my latest job interview, which was many weeks ago. The word was "plot" (as a term in statistics) - I still remember it. So I do not even know whether to fault Lithium for these very infrequent lapses. Maybe, as Venus said, it is just something that happens to everyone from time to time.

Regarding cycling: my current coctail has stopped them completely. I do not know whether I will be able to find anything as effective once I move beyond the Geodon, but right now I've even stopped moodtracking because my mood is always "baseline" - it became boring to me to track the moods. There is nothing to track: Prozac has eliminated all depression and Lithium+Geodon have been very effective against mania. No cycles any more. So it is possible. I wish I could find something as effective for migraine headaches (you can tell I am having one - a mild one so I am still writing - right now).