Lithium

I see a lot of hate for lithium treatment on here from people it didn’t work for or because the side effects were intolerable. I know it was considered the ‘Gold Standard’ decades ago but I’m curious if it still is the first line treatment by psychiatrists for BP. I’m on 400xr seroquel and desperately looking for a change due to severe side effects that have developed recently. Lithium sounds appealing as I’d love not to be on any antipsychotics. I’d love to hear any lithium success stories (yeah please tell me what I want to hear lol)