Lithium makes me feel naseous all the time. For depression there are the antidepressants. There are many of these - I've taken elavil, ludiomil, wellbutrin, paxil and imipramine. For acute mania, and for the psychotic symptoms of hallucination and paranoia, there are the antipsychotics. I've had haldol, prolixin, stelazine and risperdal.
Antipsychotics can have bad side effects such as sedation, tremors and seizures.
I had a seizure so bad from haldol that all my muscles locked up and I had to be carried out of the room and injected with cogentin. Risperdal, in my opinion, is the miracle drug - it stopped a severe manic episode in just a few days, and does not cause seizures or sedation. I do have some trembling in my hands from it. It has only been available for a few years. The medicines are not completely effective though.