So, been re-reading all the lithium and depakote literature just to see about maybe a change or even losing one of these stabilizers. Oddly enough, since my last look at this, now, lithium is like this huge rage for unipolar depression. A number of good studies have show it to be superior to many antidepressants--by a mile. Not even close. Everyone knows lithium reduces S by a lot, but the classical teaching has mostly been that it mostly sucked for bp depression. I feel it worked for me in the past for that, though. Quite well, as a matter of fact. Flattens my affect and limits range of emotions, unfortunately, though. Do not like that. Cannot really laugh.

No evidence whatever that depakote does anything other than bring people down relaibly from mania, which it just did for me last month. So, maybe, possibly, ditch the depakote and keep the lithium, since I am dealing with mostly depressive symptom-type stuff these days? Dunno. We shall see.

But I feel more hopeful just taking the action to read in order to try to advocate for me. So, that is good, i guess.