"i am labeled bipolar ii. i take 1200 mg of lithium a day. it has helped in my case.  no more fast cycling manias, no real bouts of depression. the downside is that hurt the libido as i have seen some studies where it can decrease testerone and my level is low. it all started when i started the lithium. i experience flat emotion, what made me realize it was it was hard to grieve when my mom passe. typically, nothing never really effects me, i rarely feel stress or pressured,  i am indifferent to most things. i am on wellbutrin, lamictal and occasional xanax but the lithium is the culprit i believe. so now it&#039;s a trade off, get off it and play merry go round the meds or keep on it and deal with the side effects, i go back and forth on it."