Thanks. I was wondering because even after taking the first pill, about an hour, hour and a half later, it felt like all the thoughts in my head started slowing down or rather coming at a more manageable pace. About 4 days of taking it, H told me I seemed more engaged lately. I have started to look at the circumstances and evaluate things before just jumping up and doing whatever comes into my head at the moment. It's helped me with shopping impulse control already. I can read easier (am able to picture the story better), even concentrate more on TV shows. I've started prioritizing chores and also putting self-care into there (such as eating lunch around noon, not at 3 PM) when I have a lot of chores to be done.

I just thought it was weird that I seemed to react to it so quickly as I've only been on it 2.5 weeks, and yes, I've already had increasing improvement. I've never had a reaction to a mood disorder drug so quickly, except maybe side effects like being tired or dry mouth.

TRNRMOM, the long term effects do worry me. The doctor wants to keep the dose low and monitor the thyroid and kidneys carefully. At my next appointment, should things still be going well on lithium, I'm going to insist on baseline labs for kidney and thyroid. Of course, all the other medication I'm on is hard on the liver; you can hardly win. I already have non-alcoholic fatty liver disease, and I'm skinny, around 108 lb.