Lithium has been great for me for the most part. I have been on it for nearly 5 years. It calmed me down as I used to be wild and out of control in my behaviour when in episodes or unwell due to PTSD. This may have saved my life as I had many suicide attempts before Lithium and only one minor one after.

It has not however stopped me going into severe mixed states or becoming very depressed. I get hypomanic less often though and have only briefly touched mania once since Lithium. My dose has ranged from 750mg-1250mg, the higher dose bringing me to the toxic end of the therapeutic range. I am at 750mg now and have no tremors or any other side effects. I do drink a lot of water though but thats ok. The one issue I have with it is that it impacts on my thyroid function and I have to take medication to combat this.