Hey, so I already know this is a bad idea!! but im doubting my diagnosis as BD.
I was hospitalized twice, 1st time for antidepressant-induced mania, then second time right after for major depression. Had symptoms of depression before and maybe hypomania but not sure.
My pdoc put me on lithium and it has been 1 month since, and I decided to quit it cold turkey for somedays to see my reaction. Maybe I don't need the drug. I know this is wrong and I know I should tell all this to my pdoc but I feel she won't understand and im also scared that i will disappoint my family after all we've been through these months (regarding my hospitalizations).
Has anybody ever got off lithium only a month after starting it? What should i expect? I am already on therapeutic dose.
Oh and i stopped it yesterday, so already missed 2 doses. And i have been feeling more "alive" without it.