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| RATING | REASON | SIDE EFFECTS FOR LITHIUM CARBONA | COMMENTS | SEX | AGE | DURATION/ DOSAGE | DATE ADDED |
| 2 | Bipolar I / OCD and pmdd | Vomiting, constant nausea, not hungry, dehydration, unable to cool body down- constantly hot and sweating, fingers and hands numb, part of face numb, shaking | It helped with my mania big time but the side effects outweigh the benefit. I am switching medications. I am also super sensitive to medication & am on a low salt diet due to acid reflux. I was given ER to start but was switched to instant release to decrease sweating but did not help. | F | 30 | 3 weeks 300 | 2/19/2017 | 4 | Bipolar II and OCD | slightly increased acne, dryness, mild tremors--all minor | Lithium was added as a second mood stabilizer, in addition to Lamictal, to control my BPII. I take a smaller than normal dose, as minimum therapeutic is 900mg usually--but success with Li is gauged by blood level testing every so often, and I'm within range. For me, Li has been more of a "calm down" addition, whereas I find Lamictal activating. The two work well together. I still have some racing thoughts, which my dr. says could be helped if I upped my dose; but I'd really rather minimize the amount of meds I take, keep it all as low as possible. I'm calmer on Li for sure and feel better having my moods stable, while still having a personality and emotions. It does not help my OCD, but we knew it probably wouldn't. At least BPII settled is a success. Good med overall. Minimal side effects: tremors were heavier and scary at first, but are almost totally gone. I also never gained weight. I actually lost some (coincidental maybe). I'll probably be on Lithium for a long time. | F | 34 | 7 months 750 1X day | 2/19/2016 | 3 | bi polar ptsd ocd severe anxiety | Tired tired tired headache crying feel sad numb lazy no energy hungry don't like!!!!!! | F | 28 | 4 days 600 | 6/9/2014 | 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 | 1 | bipolar, OCD, PTSD, cluster HA | worsening of OCD and depression, hair loss, hallucinating spiders, weight loss, paranoia, terrible nightmares, migraines, lethargy, nausea | I started taking this med for my depression. I have been depressed since the third grade after a trauma. I can't remember a time since then when I have been happy. I started the summer I turned 18. It seemed to help for a few months-with few side effects-until another trauma spiraled me into a worsened depression and I began self-medicating. My grades dropped significantly and I stopped taking the lithium. I started taking it again a month or so later when I began to experience cluster headaches, as it is a preventative med. This time I began to have side effects. Awful side effects. I continued for 6 months hoping for relief from sadness, pain, flashbacks, obsessions, etc. But it just wasn't worth it. The side effects were too terrible to handle and it made me feel worse than the depression. The spiders were the deal breaker. Oy. | F | 19 | 9 months 600 mg 1X day | 3/25/2010 | 5 | Bipolar 1, OCD | In the seven years that I have been taking this drug I have experienced very little side effects. An increase in acne, slight hand tremors, nausea......nothing major. | When I was first prescribed Lithium I was feeling so beat up, so tired.....I had just been diagnosed with Bipolar. I was on the tail end of a huge manic episode that had left my life in total destruction. The doctor had prescribed Depakote but the nausea was way to much for me to handle. As second choice I was given Lithium.....At first I was numb and frightened. After a few weeks I started to feel so much better. So much better that I felt like this drug should just be in the water supply: instant world peace. I did continue to feel well for a few years. I was consistent taking my medications as prescribed. Sadly, the lithium did not prevent severe mood swings; mania or depression. When I have been or am stable, I feel well. My quality of life is very good. However, the lithium has not been able to fortify my mental stabily enough to prevent manic episodes that are a result of stress or changes in my like. Currently, I am taking 1800 mg: 600 in the a.m and 1200 mg p.m. along | F | 41 | 7 years | 12/31/2005 |
LITHIUM CARBONATE (LITHIUM CARBONATE): This medication is used to treat manic-depressive disorder (bipolar disorder). It works to stabilize the mood and reduce extremes in behavior by restoring the balance of certain natural substances (neurotransmitters) in the brain. Some of the benefits of continued use of this medication include decreasing how often manic episodes occur and decreasing the symptoms of manic episodes, such as exaggerated feelings of well-being, feelings that others wish to harm you, irritability, anxiousness, rapid/loud speech, and aggressive/hostile behaviors. (Sources: U.S. Centers for Medicare Services, FDA)