My appointment was changed to today instead of Friday. I was really anxious going and had a break down in the waiting room, but the staff was really nice and calmed me down.

This is the first time meeting my pdoc and she seems like a genuinely kind, understanding woman. I felt comfortable opening up to her and after describing my symptoms, she prescribed me 300 mg of Lithium and 25 mg of Lamictal. She said it does indeed seem like bipolar II, but wants to observe me more before making an official diagnosis to rule out the possibility of Borderline. No matter which it is, she said the treatment would be the same.

I already took my first dosages of both Lithium and Lamictal. What side effects should I expect from these? She told me that Lamictal doesn't usually have side effects and that Lithium only starts having negative side effects at higher dosages, which I'm not on.