Posted by violetta on September 29, 2003, at 15:40:26
I had been taking Lithium for two years and recently made the mistake of tapering off. It works quite well for me, but I lost my health insurance and was concerned about the price of getting labs every few months. Anyhow, I was only off of it completely for a few days when it became quite clear I needed to be back on it! My usually daily dose before was 900mg a day, which kept my levels just below therapeutic, but it worked for me so the dose was never increased. Now I have been taking 600 mg for 2 days and I am SO tired and sluggish I can barely keep my eyes open. I never had side effects with Lithium before, so I am worried. I can't really afford to have my labs done until next month, so I am wondering if these are just side effects, or is it possible my Lithium levels strangely skyrocketed when I began taking it again...anyone have a similar experience?
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