Lithium

Like many have said, lithium is the most common prescribed mood stabilizer used to treat bipolar disorder. Kurt Cobain had bipolar disorder. (Black label, check you sources. I am also on lithium as we speak and it was prescribed to me for the first time in November. Seriosly... don't go accusing people of bullshiting things you know nothing about. My psychiatrist has told me many times that lithium is still the gold standard drug for people with bipolar disorder. I could go on and on about it... but I won't.)

In my opinion this song is about exploring a mind that is not chemically balanced and wanting to believe that mind is balanced. I believe that when Kurt is saying “I’m not gonna crack” he’s questioning his sanity. He's wondering if he needs the meds to be sane, or if he's sane without them, or if it's possible to ever be sane at all. It seems to me as though he's questioning the idea of his diagnosis of bipolar disorder in relation to medication and mental sanity.

It also seems as though Kurt is trying to find some serenity in his diagnosis and coming to terms with the idea of medication “I’m so happy cause today I found my friends, they’re in my head”

As a whole... I am very unsure if this song is pro or anti-medication.

And I just want to say... while I was in the hospital calming down from my manic attack... nirvana songs kept playing though my head. I wasn’t a huge nirvana fan at the time, though I did really like the band. I never knew he was bipolar until several months later. I remember talking to a youth care worker in my ward and she was saying how she didn't understand how all these young patients seem to look up to Kurt Cobain so much and seem to be oh-so-fascinated with him. Apparently in the youth psychiatry ward I was in, Cobain is a special kind of hero.