So I have been on lithium for a short time (just about 2 months) and I hate it! I hate the CONSTANT metal mouth taste, I feel like a zombie, my stomach is in a constant state of rumbling mess and I was skeptical to go on it in the first place.

I was on two pills a day and have already started cutting down to one a day. I see my pdoc on 3/11 so will be done with it by then. Does anyone take anything in place of lithium that i could suggest to my doc? Just an FYI , I would put myself more on the depressive side most times than manic. I think... I don't really know... I'm kinda newly diagnosed.

Anyway, thanks in advance for any advice!