i have to specify that i am not diagnosed with bipolar personality disorder, but the neuropsychiatrist still got the idea of giving me a lithium therapy to control my mood swings. i informed myself about it and i saw that it's often taken by bipolar people and i just suffer from depression and social anxiety and i'm also autistic. so i thought, hey how about asking these fellas how to solve this thing??

what i need to know are just two things.

my lithium is in tablets that also can be divided in two, but i struggle with swallowing medicines because of my fear to choke and my very sensitive throat (if i put a tablet at the very bottom of my tongue, like my parents suggested me screaming but whatever, i gag and i can vomit instantly). so i wanted to know some ways i could swallow a tablet without any problems, because my parents also got mad at me because they think i do it on purpose not to take the pill.

then, if a lithium tablet melts in my mouth, is it toxic or dangerous for me? asking this because of the same problem and i can take A WHOLE HOUR to swallow it.

sooo yeah i need some of y'all's help and it would be really appreciated