My mother takes resperidone, wellbutrin, prozac. There's probably something else I'm forgetting. Maybe it's seroquel. She told me a while ago that when she was in treatment years ago her psychiatrist gave her something that made her nuts and that she needed something else. It was probably lithium.
Medication did wonders for my mother. She went from a person who would throw a fit if you raised your finger to her in the way to a person who became submissive and would beg for your forgiveness right away.

Great stuff. That PDOC really drugged her up.

But it sounds like your mother was just in an abusive relationship and needed help getting out...not lithium. My mother would love to tell you all day how she was the victim but really she was just the abuser. I hear lithium is some bad stuff.

Yeah I was nasty to my brother. I acknowledge that. I don't take credit for his problems though. he was born with those in my belief. everyone in my family thinks so. i'm not sure how much he struggles with my past abuse...I would like to say not much. I think he's too busy dealing with his inner demons. But when it comes down to it I don't care much. I don't speak to him to much but I can interact without things getting tense. I'm not abusive anymore and haven't been in years and years so I think that's what counts. He doesn't know about my psychiatric treatments and he never will.