LITHIUM CARBONATE Reviews (LITHIUM CARBONATE)Average Rating: 3.3 (326 Ratings)Filter ResultsCompare LITHIUM CARBONATE with similar:
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| RATING | REASON | SIDE EFFECTS FOR LITHIUM CARBONA | COMMENTS | SEX | AGE | DURATION/ DOSAGE | DATE ADDED |
| 3 | bipolar disorder | i peed alot. | other than peeing a whole bunch, i ddnt notice anything. However, i am stopping this drug b/c of a hairloss sideeffect | M | 29 | 3 weeks 900mg 1X day | 11/20/2012 | 4 | bi-polar | Thirst; morning sickness | F | 28 | 2 years 900 mg | 11/12/2012 | 2 | Bipolar II / Mood Disorder NOS | Tremors, muscle twitching, lethargy, poor concentration and memory, hypothyroidism, and slight weight gain. | M | 40 | 1 years 1200 MG | 8/23/2012 | 1 | Bipolar | Shaking, anxiety, social phobia, obsessive thoughts, sweating, panic, feeling like a zombie, hostile, out of touch with reality | F | 19 | 8 months 900 | 8/23/2012 | 1 | For mood swings | Messed up my menstrual cycle, gave me headaches, stained my teeth, made my hair and nails look awful, catapulted me into hypothyroidism | I do not recommend taking this medicine for mood swings related to depression. I turns out that I never needed to begin with since I was diagnosed with hypothyroidism after being on this for 3 months. Once on Synthroid, I didn't need this anymore. I was glad to get off it. I've been off it for over 2 months and my menstrual cycle is still messed up. I missed it for those 2 months and it's longer than usual. I just couldn't handle the side effects anymore. I took myself off it and will never use it again. | F | 29 | 5 months 30 mg 1X day | 8/17/2012 | 1 | Bipolar Disorder | dizziness, loss of balance, permanent memory loss, forgetfulness, easily distracted | I was initially prescribed this for Bipolar Disorder. At first it was okay, but during the last month of taking it, all the side effects seemed to hit at once. Sleep was a nightmare, getting up and moving about was hard due to the dizziness. I would lose my balance and bump into walls and/or fall down down. In the final week, there was a day when I was standing in front of my closet, staring at my clothes, wondering what they were and what I was supposed to do with them. I had to call mom and she helped me pick something out, but it was worse when I forgot how to get dressed. She had to help me. It was then that I decided not to take it anymore and I never will again. Even now, months later, there are big gaps in my memory that are just...gone... | M | 34 | 3 months 300mg 3X day | 7/25/2012 | 3 | Bipolar Disorder | Dizziness, Headache, thirsty all the time, sweating, bad acne because I never had a problem with my skin til I started taking it. | It stopped my menustration from coming on and I have to take birth control just to have a menustration. Overall it helped me get back to myself after I had my first manic attack and found out I was bipolar. | F | 23 | 7 months 300 MG 2X day | 7/22/2012 | 2 | Manic Depression/Manic Bipolar | Hand tremors, thirst, loss of fine motor skills, confusion, hair loss, muscle twitching, and I have also been hearing things. | F | 18 | 2 months 300mg 3X day | 7/12/2012 | 3 | Bipolar Illness | Loss of hair, body acne , muscle weakness, slurred speech (after a while it goes away). Thirst, sweatiness. Some weight gain, 15 lbs. | This one seems to control the biploar but after 900mg (at 1200mg), I cant tolerate it make me get sick to my stomach and constant diarreah. At lower doses it is ok. | M | 41 | 1.2 years 300mg 3X day | 7/5/2012 | 3 | Bipolar 1/OCD/DID | Taking lithium makes me crazy nauseas (sp). I tried eating with it, and that didn't help. The only thing I have found to help with it, believe it or not is peanut butter which is a catch 22 because I normally have to get in moods for peanut butter, and now I have to force myself to eat a sandwich every day. | Lithium for me helps with the depression, yet not the mania. They've tried me on the gambit of mania meds and the meds pick and choose what they wanna help or I gain too much weight, nothing ever works completely as it should. | F | 32 | 6 years 1200 mg 1X day | 7/1/2012 | 5 | im bipolar | 1 days 900 mg | 6/26/2012 | 5 | Bipolar Disorder II | Changed the texture of my hair for the first few months, a bit of nausea after taking it at night. Nothing that bothered me so much. | I was seriously scared before starting this medication, having read terrible reviews by others. Some said they had a hard time concentrating while on it and that they felt somewhat slow. I didn't need to be scared at all. It works perfectly. I'm currently taking 1200mg. It took a good 3 months and a half to get to the good dose though. I'm a university student and just made the Dean's list for academic excellence. I do not feel dull or drowsy at all, I am me, the normal me without hypomania or depression. If you're struggling with bipolar disorder, please try it. | F | 21 | 1 years 1200mg 1X day | 6/20/2012 | 4 | To augment anti-depressant | thirst | Helps my Lexapro work better. I've tried many AD's and had only limited relief. Lithium helped a lot. I am still not where I want to be, but for the first time in years I am not looking to change meds. | F | 38 | 6 months 150 mg 2X day | 5/25/2012 | 4 | Bipolar Disorder | dehydration/ extreme thirst, dazed feeling for at least a week every time i increased dosage, sensitivity to bright light, tremors (especially after exercise or when dehydrated), currently at 1800mg daily which is a relatively high dose- i have to be careful not to get dehydrated, and any alcoholic drinks are totally out of the question | overall it has definitely helped my mood and allowed me to be calmer, happier, and less depressed all at once. it has been difficult getting used to it, and going through the nasty side effects every time i have increased the dose. but sticking with it has definitely paid off, and has made a noticeable difference to my boyfriend, family, and roommate. | F | 20 | 9 months 600mg 3X day | 5/4/2012 | 1 | bipolar 2 | legs felt very heavy, came home from work and went to sleep often until the next morning. difficulty concentrating, not sharp or quick at all, no creative energy. really just wanted to sleep all the time. | Thank God my family Doctor prescribe Prestik. I have never woken up and felt hopeful before in my life. | F | 62 | 3 months 60 2X day | 4/30/2012 | 4 | Bipolar Disorder | I did feel a dulling to my consciousness and loss of energy. i started taking lithium again after a year hiatus. | i am on a lower dose than when i stopped taking it. i experienced lithium toxicity and became acutely ill and required hospitalization. it was an agonizing experience and serves me as a reminder to always, always be aware of my medications and their caveats. iIf you're on lithium, you get your blood levels checked. i am taking lithium again because it is the only medication that is effective in controlling my symptoms. | F | 29 | 6 years 900 1X day | 4/25/2012 | 3 | mild bi polar | lost most of my emotions crying worry ect. | long term effects | F | 54 | 6 years 600ml. 1X day | 4/25/2012 | 3 | Bipolar | Shakiness, digestive problems, trouble with toxicity. It hurt my kidneys which I now have to take a pill for. | Good stabilizer but in a small set of people it can cause kidney problems. | F | 5 years 2X day | 4/23/2012 | 2 | emotional lability | terrible taste in mouth when eating food; inability to walk straight (ataxia); feeling cold (I'm guessing something thyroid related) | This drug worsened the symptoms it was supposed alleviate: agitation and depression. My blood level was 1.2. | M | 40 | 3 weeks 1200 mg 1X day | 3/23/2012 | 4 | Bipolar Disorder I | Frequent Urination, extreme thirst, shaky after intense exercise, back acne, cold feeling | It took us a while to get this drug at a working dose (about 6 weeks). I am much better on lithium in that I don't have a million things going on inside my head, I am far less paranoid, and a lot calmer over all. It helped a lot for calming my mania but only minorly for the depression and anxiety. Its true I am no longer suicidal but oddly, I feel just as depressed. Its like I am so exhausted during the depressions that I don't have the energy to think of suicide. We are now trying Lamictal and I really hope it helps the lows. My take is lithium is great for the ups but not really the downs (at least that is how it works for me). | F | 33 | 5 months 300mgX4 1X day | 3/21/2012 |