Posted by Roo on October 24, 2001, at 10:51:57
In reply to Re: Who out there is on Lithium? » Roo, posted by akc on October 24, 2001, at 7:58:14
Hi AKC,
Thanks for responding. I remember you from Psycho
social babble! I think, if I recall correctly, we
are both from Kansas. (Not very often I meet other
people from Kansas.
Anyway, so you feel you also receive an AD effect
from lithium? It helps you from going down into
the depths? I am a soft bipolar 2, and also tend
towards more of the depression side. I am trying
lamictal now and really feel it's AD effects, but
last time I tried it, I got the rash, so I'm just
thinking about "Plan B"'s. Did you gain a lot of weight
on lithium, or just a little bit? (That's definitely
a concern of mine. I've already gained 15 pounds
in one year b/c of my p-doc adding mood stabilizers
to my regimen. I'd always thought I was just depressed,
but my p-doc thinks my moods cycle and that I'm either
cyclothymic or bp 2. I don't know. Right now I
take prozac (20 mg's), neurotin (1200 mgs) lamictal
(just starting so the dose is low 40 mg's), and a little
bit of navane at night. I never thought I'd be taking
so many drugs. I used to be fine with just the 20
mg's of prozac, but then in the past 2 years my moods
started cycling really bad and I started having major
anxiety as well (hence the neurotin).
Anyway, sorry to ramble..I guess my main questions were
do you feel you get an AD sort of effect from the
lithium, and how major was the weight gain? How do
you feel on it in general? What's it like having to
get blood levels checked?
poster:Roo
thread:81981
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