I found Lithium, Geodon, Abilify, etc. all took away my creativity, made me have some memory problems & "foggy" thinking, but I guess with me the side effects are worth not having the severe depressions (like the manias--well, hypo-mania at least--miss those). Lithium did take away my suicidal thoughts, but you might not be at a therapeutic dose yet. The doc will be able to tell by a blood test. Unfortunately, I had kidney malfunction on Lithium so I had to get off it.--Suzy