Yea I got the same GI issues you got on it. And nothing I ate or no meds would make it go away. Talk about making sure every public place you went to had a bathroom lol. I was stable on it though until I got toxicity that ruined my thyroid. I had to be put on thyroid meds for a few years until my levels got back to normal. But since it made me stable I decided to buy lithium orotate on amazon and started that a few days ago. After all my side effects and toxicity I refuse to try the RX again. But everyone's different and many people don't even get side effects but I know I really was miserable living in a bathroom stall lol!!