Thanks for the posts folks...all great comments. I am aware of the potential side effects and how our liver and thyroid play an important roll in that regard. With what I have read, it seems that if regular blood work is done, the side effects can be controlled. Trippin2.0, given your bad experience on it, I would be interested to know if you were having regular blood draws and if so, what did you narrow in on for a lithium blood level? I understand one is typically looking for 0.6 to about 1.0 for treating the bipolar spectrum.

benzenering, good point. As we all know, we are all made up of different chemistries and respond to compounds differently and that is one thing that makes treatment so difficult. Are you monitoring your lithium blood levels?...Have you stayed at the same level throughout your treatment?

Laurie, I will be very interested how you respond to lithium treatment. The feedback we can give each other is priceless