RX, thanks.......yeah I've been reading a lot about that sort of stuff. I have a very good friend of mine who suffers from a PD and had all sorts of substance abuse problems. He told me to be very careful about letting my guard down.....kind of like people saying "see, there was nothing wrong with you after all, you were misdiagnosed". There are a few people in my family that still don't believe there's anything wrong with me and I just need to "toughen up". Thankfully, my mom finally came around after I throttled her a month ago and she left my home in tears. Ironically, I inherited my mental illness from her and she refuses to get treatment for her own issues.

I'm trying hard to keep up with the water. That's been a tough one but I've been OK so far on the lithium. No side effects as far I can tell other than being thirsty. I had my first blood test about two hours ago!