There is a link between inositol and lithium.

If you put those keywords into Google search you will see alot of pages on it.

Inositol is a metabolic enhancer...it helps cells produce energy.
It helps insulin get glucose into cells somehow.

A form of inositol called d-chiro inositol can help reverse insulin resistance, help diabetes and it somehow lowers androgens and enables fertility to resume in women with PCOS.

In the brain it helps glucose work as well.

This is what one researcher has to say:
http://findarticles.com/p/articles/m...y/ai_87720062/

So yes, I expect it to work quickly. (perhaps not fully, but some effects early on).

I will add that I found high dose inositol upsetting after a couple of months. I tried it for insulin resistance and became very emotional --weepy and reactive-- on it. But my husband and son use it without that effect. (2 grams daily)

I am now using the d-chiro inositol. I don't get those effects at all.
It is lowering my androgens nicely... no more postmenopausal facial hair for me! LOL