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by metadat 1377 days ago
My experience has been that Lithium is still very widely prescribed for bi-polar disorder as well as BPD (borderline personality disorder).

It's not that there aren't alternatives, but they are much more hit-or-miss in terms of efficacy. Lithium tends to be more predictable in terms of keeping things stable, but the side effects are awful.