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Back when I was diagnosed with Bi-Polar disorder (I actually had ADHD and a touch of autism, but whatever), they put me on Lithium.

I'd rather be on a small methamphetamine dose than Lithium if I got to choose my misdiagnosis.

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Can you clarify the aversion to lithium? I was under the impression from multiple friends and family on it that out of many of the other drug cocktails prescribed to manage bipolar disorder, lithium was one of the tamer and more effective medications.

It's an effective mood regulator, because it's a mood dampener. You lose the lows, but you also lose the highs. Evanescence has a song about its effects, and they're much more eloquent about it than I could ever be.

Especially as someone who wasn't bi-polar - it was creepy af... kind of like disassociation. It wasn't me.

I'm not them, but Lithium can have an acquired resistance develop over time, which is unfortunate given how stable it is. It will be used as a first step for determining bi-polarism, or when a stable med is immediately needed, from what I've seen.

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