Posted by gardenergirl on July 19, 2008, at 22:48:24
In reply to Re: Want to stop meds ... should I?, posted by linkadge on July 19, 2008, at 18:13:55
> For instance, there are many case reports of lithium discontinuation causing rebound mania in patients who were not bipolar! (I.e. the patients were using lithium for depression agumentation!)Well what do you know? I just stopped Lithium, and I've been feeling more "revved up", though not manic and not sure if even reaching hypomanic levels. But I wake up and I'm wide awake and talking, which has not been my usual for the last several years. My husband and I were just talking about this last night to try to determine if this was my baseline or if I was exerperiencing some euphoria or what. Interesting.
I was taking 600 mg. I lowered it to 450 mg by taking alternating between two 300 mg capsules and one capsule every other day to average 450 mg. I did this for about 2 weeks, then 300 mg for two weeks, then off. Perhaps that was too fast? Though if I had to come off it because I was pregnant, I'd have to do it even faster.
Anyway, I was worried I'd feel a rebound depression, not any kind of up feeling.
gg
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