u/Powerful-Figure-9965

I'm also on an Abilify injection... I dont feel much effect

I have no signs of mania, and it’s not euphoric at all. It’s more like a calming, grounding effect... as if my thoughts have finally stopped hurting me. I can "watch" them and decide what to do with them before responding. Honestly, lithium is the best medication I’ve ever tried.

At the same time, I’m starting to rediscover colors, emotions, and a sense of depth in what I feel. I’m still somewhat emotionally anesthetized by the lingering effects of my Abilify injection, but lithium is giving me hope. For the first time in a long time, I feel like there might actually be a light at the end of the tunnel.

And I still don’t understand why Dr. John Cade never received the Nobel Prize for his discovery... In my eyes, his work changed the course of psychiatry, and he absolutely deserved that recognition.

My psychiatrist and I decided that I should take lithium instead of the injection. I have Bipolar I.

Why did I have to suffer on antipsychotics for 15 years?

Lithium seems like a miracle to me. In just a few days, it has lowered my anxiety, made my thoughts more coherent, stopped the constant rumination, and improved my sleep. And I'm only on a low starting dose.

This medication feels completely different from anything else I've taken for bipolar disorder. I finally feel like my mind has some space and clarity again.

Maybe I'm simply a very good responder to lithium. I don't know yet, and it's still early, but the difference is already striking. .

After so many years of struggling, it is hard not to wonder why lithium wasn't tried sooner.

Take care.

i hope i can survive without antipsychotics and only on lithium

ive been psychotic in mania while smoking weed, hope it never happens again

I am still transitioning from an Abilify injection... I hate that product.

I prefer the Homespun lessons and the Learn & Master Guitar series by Gibson (with Steve Krenz). In my opinion, they’re far better than something like Justin Guitar.