Hey, I started taking lithium 2 weeks ago and am still on the low dose of 42 mg. I'm meeting my psychiatrist tomorrow and hopefully up my dosage in a quicker succession. 

I am currently hypo- possibly going on manic- (it's a little hard to tell, introspection is hard) and it is so difficult to get what I need to do, done. I'm worried about me getting even more fucked up to the point where I can't mask it at all or have to take a leave from uni. Group work is heavily ingrained into several classes and I don't want to be one of the assholes who just ghosts the group and just doesn't do their work. 

Point is, I'm wondering when you guys started feeling the effect of lithium because I'm not sure how much longer I can get all the necessary shit done. Forcing myself just makes me want to rip off my skin and gouge my eyes out.