 Hey, what's up you guys welcome back to my channel if you're new here. Hi. Hello. I'm Lydia It's a heatwave currently and I am sweating a lot It's not fun. I Don't like the heat I'm a winter baby Sun help Save me today. We're gonna be talking about my experience with this young So I've been on lithium for four months now and these have been the most stable four months of my life So those who don't know lithium is a new stabilizer I started it because I was in a very severe depressed episode while I was in hospital and I wasn't improving so they always started lithium and almost right away and my mood Changed. I was more positive to more awake Lithium basically saved my life. I highly recommend lithium as a drug in itself Especially if you're going for a depressed of episode whether it's because you have BPD or because you're bipolar or just generally speaking I would highly recommend lithium Because it works very quickly and it's a medication that you can be on long term I do believe if I hadn't started it, I'd still be in hospital Lithium is one of the more common medications that you have prescribed when they're bipolar. I know so many people on it I think we all agreed that it saved our lives I know for me that if I hadn't started taking lithium, I'd still be in that depressed episode And still be anxious all the time. It just wouldn't be great It's something that I think I need and I wish I'd started it sooner Because it's been so beneficial to my mental health and I wouldn't be sat here today Doing as well as I'm doing if I was not wasn't on lithium So I have a big part of my recovery to lithium It's an amazing medication that works so incredibly well when it's used right The only downside to it I guess is you have to have lithium blood taken every so often So they can check your lithium levels and make sure that you're on the right path I had my lithium levels checked a few weeks back Lithium works by changing the way your brain See use chemicals it changed the release of chemicals in the brain Eight of you have ever done lithium? What's your experience on lithium? I'm interested to know let me know in the comments. For me, it's been a lifesaver lithium for me Changed everything to the consultant who started me on it Thank you. The only issue I had when I first started it is I couldn't sleep It was too alert. I was awake for two nights or but I don't really have anything negative to say about lithium It's worked very well for me And if you're on it, I hope it works as well for you Thanks for watching this video and I'll see you guys in the next one If you have any video requests, please leave it in the comments down below