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Help I can't get out of this funk today!!!
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My doctor put me on Lithium last week to stabilize my moods. Today is the second day where I take it twice a day. I had a great day yesterday. Finally found a sponsor who I can connect with. I am i...
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Was prescribed Lithium today. Really nervous.
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Doctor definitely agreed I was hypermanic and prescribed 600mg of Lithium one tablet during day and one at night. I take 100mg of Seroquel, 225 mg of Effexor and a mild sedative for panic attacks. ...
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Indeed, she did, Will. I would never hook up with a married man or a man in any type of relationship....BAD, BAD NEWS.
Good job, Haley!
It's okay, Haley. You haven't been on the lithium long enough to attain therapeutic levels. Hang on! And besides that, what you wrote would depress anyone.
Lithium didn't work for me, but it's still the gold standard in the treatment of bipolar d...
I agree with Kelton on the meds. You could talk to a pharmacist or doc's office to see how long it takes the meds to take work. Try not to worry about the guy as much as you can. You need to take care of yourself first. Depression is real and pers...
My doctor put me on Lithium last week to stabilize my moods. Today is the second day where I take it twice a day. I had a great day yesterday. Finally found a sponsor who I can connect with. I am in recovery. Last night I messaged a guy that I hav...
Mozart and all:
Tremors and the weakness you describe are quite common when on lithium...then, many times a pdoc will prescribe something to control the tremors, causing yet more side effects. It can get pretty ugly.
My pdoc told me to quit the l...
600 mg. is a low dose, the same as mine was. 900 mg. is more typical for bipolar 1. I've even read where lithium is NOT recommended for bp I..
OOOOPS, at the very end of this comment, it should have been bp II.
Sorry...bad typing.
As you can see by all the posts to your question, EVERYone has different experiences with different meds! Like I said, with each of us, it's medication roulette, and it is nerve wracking!!!!!!! I'm extremely lucky they found the right combo for me...
Haley,
Different meds work on different people, as I'm sure you know. Lithium has been VERY successful for most, however, not all. Last spring, my pdoc (fired since then) bugged me and bugged me to take lithium and I finally caved because I was s...
Hi Haley, I have been on Lithium for nearly 15 years. It is the only med that keeps my Bipolar symptoms at rest. I have tried most others and none worked or had miserable side effects. I always came back to Lithium. There's only one side effect i ...
i used to take both seroquel and effexor. (ask about prestiq, its supposed to be "better" than effexor??) and i had resisted lithium for a while. even though its pretty standard, it can mess up your innards. finally i broke down and began lithium-...
Lithium worked well for me and only had one side effect. It made me twitch at times and tremor a medium amount. This interfered with the work I was doing, so we had to change it. If needed, I'd try it again.
Haley
I take Lithium and Lamictal. I don't know how anyone can take Seroquel. It made me so tired I couldn't function and if I was out of bed after I took it I would have sleep attacks. I would fall asleep standing up. I fell one night and hit the...
I am so grateful that I found your response about Lithium.
Doctor definitely agreed I was hypermanic and prescribed 600mg of Lithium one tablet during day and one at night. I take 100mg of Seroquel, 225 mg of Effexor and a mild sedative for panic attacks. Please if you are taking Lithium or in the past ta...
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- At 7:35am on September 15, 2009,
withavengeance said…
- Welcome Haley! Hope you find this forum as helpful as I have!
Pam
Westminster, MD
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