I wouldn't say it took my creative edge off, but it did cause my jaw to lock at least 3 times for 14 hours at a time, caused such horrific anxiety that I was afraid to close my eyes and sobbed for days on end, caused horrific bruising and made me very clumsy and finally triggered a receding hairline so I went off it.

If you're bipolar and need a mood stablizer to keep you from being bumped into hypomania or mania, why not look into using the mineral supplement lithium orotate? It a natural form of lithium that is very safe unlike lithium carbonate, and has worked like a charm in keeping my mood under control--I have bipolar 2.

Here's a good article about it.

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