I’m not as much scared (I definitely have GAD, but thankfully not health anxiety, although it seems that Lithium has somehow helped my anxiety to some degree) but I try to equip myself with as much information as possible so I can be an active participant in my own healthcare.
It’s definitely been the one med that I think has helped me since I started struggling hard almost a year ago, although we spent some of that time treating a MDE before my bipolar 2 diagnosis. I feel like it helped me a bit more in the beginning than it does now, so I will talk to my doctor about if tweaks are needed. My level was also tested, but I don’t have the results on that yet.