I would really think it was the lithium but when I first got diagnosed I was on it for 3 weeks and it never altered my taste. I was going through hypomania....

Then when I started losing sleep and getting depressed I told my psych and they put me on syraquil... shortly after that my tastebuds changed. I remember eating a breakfast sandwich and I spit it out. I thought it was rotten. I was going to take them back to the store... but then I tried another sandwich and it had the same bad taste. But with all the meds I’ve taken so far I keep tasting bad tastes... so I’m wondering if it’s more the depression than it is the meds? Or am I just affected by any med?

I was also thinking about how amazing food tasted when I was in the hypomania so maybe it is my depression? I just don’t know but it does keep me from overeating!! It’s just that I do eat more sweets because those taste more normal to me.