For the past year on Lithium, my moods have mellowed a lot but I still get small episodes. It can be two weeks of not wanting to do anything and being sad and sleeping 2h more, or a week or two of cleaning and making art while sleeping 2h less. It's nothing compared to how bad it used to be.

I'm currently in one of my minor downs and told my psychiatrist. She started to look at all the options, started to look at how we can fight it. I stopped her. I told her, if I had learned anything in the past year, it's that this will pass in a week, and that I am fine with that. I told her, that I would rather it be like this than I go completely flat. To my surprise she agreed. She said that if this is how I feel, than we'll leave my treatment as is right now.

I am learning to trust my Lithium to catch me, and learning to not be scared of every bump turning into a full on episode. I'm happy with this development.