Bipolar Disorde
"I take lithium 300 mg twice daily. The lithium makes me pee constantly and I really have to watch it if I decide to have any alcohol - I drink just 2 small beers and I&#039;m very buzzed. The lithium makes me feel stable and it keeps me from having severe or deep depression. It has eliminated my severe depressions and it&#039;s the only drug I&#039;ve tried that does this. I still get the blues or feel slightly depressed but NOTHING like the suicidal black hole depression I used to experience.  Also, it slows me down during hypomania so I don&#039;t escalate to full blown mania. But if I neglected to take my lithium during hypomania (ran out) when in full blown mania -lithium helps, but in my case I must take an anti psychotic to ground me as well."