I was recently diagnosed with bi polar disorder. By recently I mean yesterday. I was told I need a mood stabilizer but due to personal health concerns I cannot be on a mood stabilizer that processes through the liver leaving me with one option: lithium. My dr said it's an older medicine & has more side effects but has been used effectively since the 1960's. I was just hoping to get some feed back/options about lithium, & see if any of you can tell me anything the dr didn't. Thank you!!!