Posted by desolationrower on July 30, 2011, at 21:43:32
In reply to Weird? Normal feeling/Lithium?, posted by sheilac on July 22, 2011, at 16:15:32
> Still taking Geodon. Good for my depression, sleep, mood, etc. Bad because I still have anxiety.
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> I remember when I took as little as 300mg of Lithium I would feel a nice warm, relaxing feeling. Not high, but really content. Not too happy, but able to deal with things. I guess it was really helping my anxiety.
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> Is this normal? When my doc tried to dose me up to a minimum theraputic dose I got really depressed and stopped taking it. Plus the higher dose was causing some hair loss, and a few pounds (probably water weight).
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> Klonopin just isn't the same. It helps me a lot.
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> But I kinda miss that nice, warm contented feeling from low dose lithium.
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> Is this weird?
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>getting the higher dose is more important for the antimanic effect. 300mg is almost the best for depression
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