Thank you all for you replies. I really do appreciate them, and the website historyteach. I tried googling more on lithium but I'm having trouble finding reputable sites. Wikipedia is not my idea of reputable. lol.
Well I'm on Lithium now, and except for the ridiculously dry mouth and thirsty feeling, I'm doing ok with it. I'm on a low dose right now, and I hope to stay that way. My mood swings are a little out of control right now. I'm taking another mood stabilizer, and I hope with the combination of the two of them, I won't have to have too high a dose of Lithium, like the kind you have when you only take lithium. I'm having a little, well not so much nausea, but slight queasiness that is making me less hungry, which for me at my 40 lbs I can't rid of might be good.
I'm not really worried about side effects with kidneys as I'm being monitored, so long as it works, I don't care.
How long does it take to kick in? I'm ready for some relief from this crap.