Questions About Lithium

I heard from someone that lithium made him feel out of it. He said that Depoke (is that the right name?) made him feel better. How many other people feel the same way. I'm on lithium right now and I don't want to be on it if it makes me feel out of it. The problem is that I can't tell if the lithium is making me out of it because I felt out of it before I took the lithium. I want to hear from all you people who have taken more than one anti-psychotic drug. What did they do to you, which one do you prefer and why, and how expensive are they? The same goes for anti-depressants. What did they do to you, which ones do you prefer, and how expensive are they?

As far as cost, read my post on "My Bipolar 2 story"

http://www.psychforums.com/forums/viewtopic.php?t=5815, April 28th post about 1/2 way down first page

My mind is not cloudy at all. It races non stop when I'm in a hypomania phase. But the Lamictal and Risperdal are helping out there

Well, I just recently got off Lithium and I feel a lot better all around. My thoughts just don’t seem as suppressed anymore. But I have been going through a little bit of mania now which was totally gone when I was on it. I happen to also be on Depakote. All I remember this drug was doing for me at first was that it made me really tired and that was about a year ago. My doctor says it should help with all the anxiety I’ve been going through.

Hope this helps.

Lithium makes me more stable but I need other meds along with it.

I feel really out-of-it sometimes. I might be saying something coherent that makes sense and is something I'd usually say and then I'd fall into a memory lapse, make errors, and later become frustrated by the situation.

I feel dumber than when I wasn't on lithium and it takes more effort for me to focus.

Oh and my moods are fine. I don't consciously think about how I'm feeling or how things are affecting me - if I'm sad or mad or whatever, then I just am. Gosh, it takes a lot of damage to see things clearly.

venlafaxine and chlorpromazine were both naff for me

dont agree with medication