Lithium is different from other mood stabilizers. What is perfect for someone, is toxic for another. It is metabolized differently for everyone. Blood tests are CRUCIAL, not just for the range, but to watch kidney function! Once you find that therapeutic range or in the process of finding it, you should be getting blood tests a minimum of every 6months.

I do 1200mg. 1500 mg is borderline toxic for me and is above the therapeutic range. 900mg is not even in my therapeutic range.

It just doesn't work like other drugs. Once you are at your therapeutic drug level for lithium, if you are still depressed or manic, they have to add another mood stabilizer or something. There is no "upping the dose."

Anti-d's scare me... too much manic stuff. That is where I will drag my feet on, even with a mood stabilizer.