With bipolar disorder, there's a much higher chance of losing touch with reality on no medications or on an antidepressant alone than on a bipolar moodstabilizer.

Some people find Lithium to be a wonder drug. You won't know if it's that for you unless you try it. I won't lie and say it doesn't cause some people side effects. But some people don't get them from it. Sometimes the dose is the key.

I wish my nephew had reached the best dose for him, or saw if it helped. That never happened, partly because he quit his meds.