Hi,

I am pretty newly diagnosed too - about a month! but knew from my therapist about a month before that and i remember how agonizing it was to wait that month - and you have to wait even longer. My therapist recommended I take an OTC lithium oratate supplement in the meantime and hemp-based CBD capsules which also may have antimanic and antipsychotic properties. I came very close to losing it in a mixed manic state that might have gotten me hospitalized, but I really think those supplements helped "take the edge off" and get me through to the appointment. FYI, the OTC lithium oratate you can get at the health food store has somewhere between 1/10th and 1/4th of the lowest dose of prescription lithium. A lot of people take it because there's some new evidence it might help prevent/delay alzheimer's.

Best of luck to you in your upcoming appointment!

If it helps, after a month of medication (very slow titration of lamictal) I feel close to normal. I still have some racing thoughts and unwanted intrusive thoughts, but I can control myself much more easily and don't worry that I'm going to "lose it" around others. I felt some mild improvement by a week of low does meds. I bet you will start improving rapidly when you get what you need!