Well I don't want to start off on a negative not but I hated lithium. It's the one drug that i refuse to take again. But really that's only because I went toxic twice. Both times I felt like a robot - I was so flat that even my friends were asking if I was ok. I couldn't participate when we were hanging out. I just sat there and stared. I also shook so much that you couldn't read my handwriting and I couldn't do my favorite hobby (beading). The pdoc I had refused to believe me because he didn't think anyone could go toxic off of just 900mg (I was only 100lbs at the time so that's why). I had to basically show him my hands shaking violently and demand to be taken down to 600mg.

When I wasn't toxic on it, it wasn't so bad, but I was constantly thirsty. If I couldn't drink (like when I was at work) I had to have candy or mints or something to wet my mouth until I could get to some water. And I also gained 20lbs even though I was borderline anorexic at the time and didn't eat hardly anything. I lost the weight as soon as I stopped taking lithium.

On top of all that, it didn't do anything for my mood. If it had worked, I might have been able to overlook the side effects. But as it stood it was useless.

BUT for a lot of people it's a life saver because it's the only thing that does work. So you can't know until you try.

Good luck! I hope it works better for you than it did with me.