Posted by galkeepinon on August 25, 2003, at 21:59:51
In reply to Re: Bipolar Question........, posted by McPac on August 25, 2003, at 10:19:44
hey McPac, I tried Lithium for the first time this summer and did very well on it for the whole 17 days I was on it. My levels remained at .08.
Have you increased your Lithium back up yet???
Hope to hear back.
Hang in there:-)
> gal/Caleb,
>
> I've let my lithium level get down to downright PUNY levels, something like .016 or thereabouts, by taking only 300 mg/day of lithium (and I'm a bigger guy).......I havn't been feeling very good at all in many ways....I was blaming everything on the AD when perhaps I should have been blaming the PUNY lithium dose and level......the thing is that I DON"T get manic or "high" when taking very little lithium, rather my AD just doesn't work much and I feel depressed, irritable, agitated, etc......I HAVE had problems w/ some AD's but this time I think that my PUNY lith. level is the real culprit....I've always only needed to take less lith. than most bipolars but this time I think I decreased it TOO much.
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