"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."