Posted by katia on January 6, 2004, at 16:31:15
In reply to Re: Lithium stupor » katia, posted by Karen_kay on January 6, 2004, at 16:13:01
Hi Karen Kay,
I always feel slightly drunk/dizzy/numb/stupid on this. I just called pdoc and asked if I could reduce to 225mg rather than 450mg. I was only at 900mg for a few days. He said it takes a number of days for the li. levels to rise. I don't think I'm toxic. I've only been at 450mg. apart from three days at 900. Tonight I'm definitely only taking 225. I have to have my brain. 25pgs of my thesis is due in one week!!!!
thanks for your research. I actually was aware of those things before. The reason i was on Li was b/c I WAS on Lamictal - Li. is good at snergizing meds. I have already tried Depakote and now Lamictal. I guess I could try Trileptal or Topamax. I'm a rapid cycler/II/Mixed mainly depress-o wild woman. Apart from the time in my teens/early twenties, I don't have distinct periods of high and then low. A mixed wave more like it - the up swings being in spring and early fall and the downs being in summer and winter. Too much of anything pushes me over and being at the tip of change (spring and fall) is exciting.
Why did you stop your lithium? I forgot.
Irregardless, if Li. works for me or not - I'll want to add something to it like an AD. I don't think I'd work on something like Li. alone.
You sound in good spirits? hypomania? or just a good healthy line of mood? how was your xmas?
ta ta-
katia
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