"i had previously been put on every kind of antidepressant for depresion/anxiety. they all worked horribly; so i stopped all drugs and ceased seeing doctors. 
then, i felt insanely suicidal- i was absolutely crazed. luckily my sister urged me to seek help as fast as i could- so i did. i went to see another psychiatrist, and he diagnosed me as bipolar. i started on lamictal, but that didn&#039;t do anything for me. then i switched to lithium- thank goodness i still get depressed, but i never get sucked into a deep suicidal hole like before. i quit the drug for 1 month, which caused me to think about suicide unrelentlessly. never again will i stop taking lithium. (does cause extreme thirst and hand tremors, but well worth it)"