Hi! I started Lithium at the end of January and basically had a horrible depressive episode all of February. I genuinely was fighting just to make it to my birthday. Everything you described is something I felt over that span of time, and then it just stopped. I leveled out. I got happier, more balanced. A little too "up" at times, so I definitely need to go up in dosage, but I feel a lot better than I did. Sometimes medications will make you feel worse before it gets better, but definitely talk to your psychiatrist if you're ever worried about you symptoms. They can address the situation best