I didn't like lithium either. Some people swear by it. If it's not helping at all tell your pdoc. If it is helping even a little, stick with it at least until u get well enough to think about stopping. Prolly not the best advice but at least I practice what I preach

The past 24 hours it seems my moods were all over the map with bursts of extreme excitement and happiness beyond my norm. I even lost track of moments. This happens occasionally to me. I do some thing and do not remember doing it even after I see what I did. I guess it's a brief black out or some thing. I lost about 5 minutes earlier driving to work. I almost missed my exit and it's not like I was preoccupied in listening to music or thinking, it's like a fast forward in a film. Happened again at work. Right now, I feel ok. But like any moment I could be in a different spot or find some thing moved. Because you know, mood swings alone are just no fun lol.