I am off Geodon and so far so good, plus I have clear skin, which is nice. I thought that Lithium was responsible for acne, but no, it was Geodon. No hallucinations or anything of that sort either. No mania - able to do the most boring job.

At some point I even decided to shoot for Lithium mono therapy for bipolar (plus a little Elavil for sleep), discontinuing or reducing Prozac to get rid of left over hand tremor which it seems to be causing (because if it not Prozac, then what?) but... I have gained all my weight back while on Zyprexa and now I want to ask the p-doc to swap Prozac for Wellbutrin which might lead to some weight loss. But in the long term, yes, I hope to live on Lithium alone. And now that I know that it does not cause acne, it has proven to be a virtually side effect free medicine - the effect on the thyroid function is all I get (in terms of bad things) from using Lithium - the rest is good.

Discontinuing Geodon means saving not just several hundred dollars a month on Geodon (my mental health care will no longer be free starting in Feb) itself, but also enables me to use cheap Retin-A in place of expensive Tazorac. For acne control, Tazorac works better, but I do not need acne control any more. For preventing wrinkles, Retin-A is just as effective - I checked with two dermatologists about it - and Retin-A is old and cheap. Tazorac itself costs $300 which lasts about three months, so being off Geodon really pays off. Lithium costs less than $10 a month.