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Your mania, as others have pointed out, seems like...well, mania. From what I know of lithium, it sounds appropriate to treat the mania you can have.
That said, I feel as you do, so I understand...why treat parts of my disorder that are not the most disturbing to me? My mania is stable, but I still have non-stop anxiety and a degree of depression. And I hate being on meds.
I guess they treat the symptoms they can, not necessarily the symptoms we'd always choose for treatment. Also, pdocs have an objectivity that it's very difficult to have about ourselves. For example, your pdoc might pick up on a set of symptoms that could put you in danger of being arrested, or losing relationships.
All that said, most of us here on pc are in treatment for a mental illness. Having a MI sucks big time. And I don't think any one of us wants to be on meds.
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