I was on Lithium a few years back to augment an anti-depressant.
As above I also resisted it for about a year, thinking it was a horrible drug and a last resort and all that stuff, I mean, hell, Nirvana had a song about it!
Eventually I gave in, and it really wasn't that bad. Frequent blood tests initially but once you are on a stable dose it's months between them.
And it is proven to be very effective for some people.
In the end it didn't do an awful lot for me back then but I am actually going to be starting back on it in the next couple months in combination with some different meds.
Don't go on what you hear about a medication, the only way to know is to give it a try yourself.
I realise I have just pretty much repeated what's said above, but... there you go :P
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