Lithium is my miracle drug. They expected to have me on a cocktail of about 6 things, but 1 dose of 600mg lithium 1ce a day is apparently the magic number for me. (that being said I've been getting really depressed lately, I still say it's amazing for me). However, it's definitely not for everyone. I see myself as a bit of a special case because despite the toxicity and bad side effects, I haven't shown any hint of negative reproductions. I took a very long time getting on it, but I've missed doses before that would send people into a 2 week downward spiral. I also accidentally on purpose took myself off lithium cold turkey. DONT DO THAT! ITS BAD! but it didn't have any effect on me and my mood didn't start shifting again for another month or two after that. I was off it for about three months.

Anyway, the moral of the story is that it reacts massively different for everyone, and that the only real thing you can do for lithium is get your levels checked all the time. I do mine every 2-3 months.

Also, Josie's right about how the mg dose your on doesn't really matter, it's the levels. 600 is a really low dose for most people, but I was completely different on 750, where as some people are on 1000+ and don't have an effect or much of one. it's all about the lithium levels in your blood.