Bipolar Disorde
"I started to take lithium along with Manerix in Jan/Feb 2007.  I was diagnosed with Chronic Depression.  I was hospitalized for six months before they found the right medicine that worked for me.  They tried so many anti-depressant that did not work until these. Now they think I might be bipolar because the lithium was the one that worked. I did have some side effects like dry mouth, tremors, had trouble with doing small things with my hands like writing. But in time this went away. Lithium did cause hypothyroidism in the 2nd year. That will not go away even if I go off Lithium.  The Endocrinologist has had trouble balancing my thyroid which made me gain 30 pounds in 2 and a half years. "