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 | dry skin, dry mouth, a lot of hair loss, memory loss | F | 30 | 4 months | 12/15/2007 | 5 | bipolar depression | For bloating I take B6 every day. Other than that have had no side effects. Take generic by West Ward same as Eskalith CR. Controlled Release form takes care of bad side effects so it don't ever have any b/c only releases small amount throughout the day. | Has been a wonder drug for me. I have been on it for 15 years and it completely gave me my life back. No more debilitating suicidial depressions and no more mania either. I am on an even keel. As far as I am concerned it is the only treatment for bipolar disorder. During the initial phase, 1st few months you have to give it a chance b/c it takes awhile for your brain chemicals to level back out and your body to adjust to the medicine. Plus you need a good doctor who teaches you how to take this medicine, like when you are sick with "stomach flu" for example your electrolytes are messed up and you should come off drug for about a day or so, so you do not become toxic. Vomiting and diarrhea messes up lithium levels and one pill's half life is 24 hrs. Once you learn all these things you will never get toxic again and will be able to manage your condition without difficulty. | F | 38 | 15 years | 12/13/2007 | 3 | Rapid cycling bipolar | none | It worked for a while, up to the point in which i had to eat them like skittles, i didn't feel happy or sad, i just felt neutral... didn't help much with anger though | M | 19 | 3 years | 11/4/2007 | 2 | Anxiety | Weight Gain - 5 lbs in 1 week even though I was too nauseous to eat more than a few crackers a day. | It helped with my anxiety, but the weight gain was unacceptable. | F | 41 | 3 weeks | 10/30/2007 | 2 | Bipolar, Borderline Personality | Headache, Eye pain, Spaced out, Nausea, Tremors, Hallucinating(Like hearing things inside of your head and ears pounding, Thinking that the neighbor's tree was a person in white standing there looking at me), Dizziness, Couldnt function well, It is like an empty feeling(Apathetic), Lethargic, Weight gain(Probably due to increased appetite), Urination increase, | I started taking Lithium about a month ago after being hospitalized.. I started out 450mg twice a day to add up to 900mg.. The 900mg was absolutly awful.. It was the cause of me having all of the side effects listed.. I was on it for about a week and a half when I started to experience a nagging headache and eye pain that wouldnt subside.. I immediately just stopped taking it.. After a week of not taking it, I went to the Dr. and she prescribed me for about 3 weeks a dose of 300mg twice a day for a total of 600mg.. I will see what will happen with this.. I dont like taking this, I hate it.. It doesnt seem to do anything for me, but give me the fog mentality and I honestly do not have time for this! I have gained 15 pounds already.. I promised I would give it another month of this Lithium crap and if I dont feel any better, Im stopping it.. A waste of time for what, Negitive side effects.. Screw that.. I dont seem to have as bad of effects as with the 900mg, so Im just waiting this ou | F | 23 | 1 months | 10/20/2007 | 4 | Bipolar | Decreased thyroid activity resulting in extreme thinning of eyebrows. Thirst. | What can I say... It works for me... Started taking a thyroid med because of the side effect and after 2 years the eyebrows finally looked like before. Thirst is no biggie... I like water and its good for me... And the best thing is Lithium Carbonate is super cheap. Works all around. Just make sure you have a thyroid check done BEFORE and regularly after starting on Lithium Carbonate. | F | 42 | 8 years | 10/6/2007 | 3 | Bipolar II & migraines | constant vertigo and related nausea, daily intense pain in or slightly above the temple area on either side, visual "glitching", aural "clicking" and tinnitus, complete appetite loss but weight gain, chronic morning lower back pain, infrequent late night/bedtime muscular agitation, urgent/frequent urination, night sweats, increasing indigestion over time, slight tremor, significantly decreased libido, unexplained tooth pain. | 1000MG twice a day - mostly on this medication in conjunction with Wellbutrin SR (200MG) for about 4 years, with two short periods of no more than 2 months each off the medications (and for awhile, no mood elevators at all). while this medication *did* help me level out the rollercoaster ride and restore sanity (and almost completely eradicate the migraines that sent me to the Emergency Room), the side effects appear within a week of starting the medication, some of which worry me. i.e., what causes the lower back pain, intense but short-lived headaches (i do not get those headaches off the medication), and visual and aural anomolies? kidneys and liver check out okay on every blood test and side effects do not seem to concern my psychopharmocologist, but i am very in tune with myself (part of my bipolar problem), and i wonder if he should be more concerned. i just want to have a normal life. my partner is great and knows my quirks, but it is stressful for us both, and i often cann | F | 35 | 4 years | 10/2/2007 | 3 | Bipolar disorder | weight gain (!!) | I have felt relatively little depression taking it, but my anxiety is untouched. Maybe that's an expected thing, but if I'm going to risk weight gain (I'm already significantly overweight) I expect more than that. | F | 41 | 3 weeks | 9/2/2007 | 1 | Bipolar II/rapid cycling mixd mania | Nausea, vomiting, dizziness, muscle tremors, tinnitus and nystagmus. | Violently ill from the very first dose and even more so each time the dose was titated upward. I imagined I was feeling like I was either going insane or just about to die. I took it for 10 consecutive days and didn't feel physically well again for 14 days! | M | 39 | 10 days | 9/2/2007 | 1 | Bipolar | haziness(although I didnt feel sad any longer I didnt feel happy either....I felt nothing...all the time, severe tremors(seriously.....im sitting in histroy class and boom I start to shake like some freaked out tweaker who needs some more of w/e he gets high on), significant decrease in libido(considering the fact that im still a teenager and need my libido thats a bad thing),forgetfulness(id place my keys down to get something from another room then boom! 5 seconds later id b like OMG wheres my keys,dehydration,weight gain(this was the only positive side effect......considering I was 6 feet 0 inches and around 125 and gained around 30 pounds | im surprised how many people admit that lithium made them feel hazy and had memory loss and decreased libido and other such side effects and that they would rather have those side effects occur than have to deal with being bipolar without the use of medication such as lithium......seriously they are basically saying " yes id much rather be turned into a heartless automaton than deal with an illness on my own...god..its so pathetic that we live in a quick fix society..take a pill then boom ur cured..screw the side effects as long as u dont have to feel sad then happy then sad then happy then really sad etc etc etc...also thanks to lithium I can no longer express myself verbally/through the written word as well as I could 2 years ago......so if I sound like a moron or half a moron then please forgive me....im not myself nor will I ever b again -__- (note: I did not take lithium by choice....I either had to or my psychiatrist claimed that he would send me to an residential treatment | M | 18 | 1.5 years | 8/30/2007 | 5 | Bipolar | nausea, dizziness, twitching, stiffness but they have subsized since I have been on it for a year now. | It was my miracle drug after 10 yrs battling severe mood swings, depression. | F | 40 | 1 years | 8/26/2007 | 5 | Schizoaffective | Initial nausea; initial dizziness - both went away. Still feel a bit subjectively spacey. | This drug has been the best drug for my bipolarity that I have ever taken. I avoided taking lithium due to its reputation as a mind-numbing, difficult drug with a myriad of side effects. However, it has proved, for me at least, to be wonderful. I can better function on this drug and it has kept away my depression. The depression _wants_ to reappear, but lithium is somehow keeping it away. Miracle drug. Give it a chance; it will not turn you into a zombie. | M | 23 | 2 months | 8/24/2007 | 1 | BiPolar Type 2 | I had a seizure because I was taking Lithium and stayed out in the sun for too long. On a more superficial note, I also had major bloating. | Never again! | F | 27 | 6 months | 8/24/2007 | 4 | bi polar | weight gain | F | 35 | 4 months | 8/18/2007 | 3 | | 8/7/2007 | 4 | Bipolar I | Nausea; a little spacey; more reserved | This drug has treated my depression better than any antidepressant ever has. I actually feel like I want to do things again and I have already, after a week, fostered better relationships with other people. My concentration has improved greatly. It feels as if the dark claw of depression wants to take me back, but the lithium is somehow protecting me. Great drug so far. | M | 23 | 7 days | 8/2/2007 | 5 | Bipolar II | 450 mg. Upset stomach. Mild weight gain. | I seem to take a smaller dosage than most that posted comments. I noticed that it upset my stomach about 1 hour after taking it. This was solved by taking the pills with milk instead of water. I've gained about 4 pounds, but seem to be maintaining my weight at this point. I take this in combination with 200mg Lamicital. I now feel "normal" for the first time in over 10 years. I can handle situations at work without getting instantly angry. The highs and lows have evened out to a nice medium. | F | 32 | 4 months | 7/6/2007 | 5 | bipolar | early tremors; more pee, hard to lose weight | was totally psychotic when originally hospitalized; it took over 3 weeks to stop hallucinations; since taking lithium I have gone through law school, passed the bar, and had a successful career as a trial attorney for nearly fifteen years. I have a great shrink and supportive family who have helped make this possible. TAKE YOUR MEDS and listen to your docs and your family; you will be OK | F | 48 | 22 years | 6/26/2007 | 1 | bipolar | severe tremors, muscle twitching, foggy and confuesd | sadly, this is the only drug that truly helps with both sides of bipolar disorder. The severe tremors were effecting my motor control. The muscles twitches were so much worse than a tic. My head would suddenly jump and turn. Sitting down, my legs would shoot up like i had just had my reflexes tested. Facial muscles would spaz and draw my face into smile or grimace and then freeze like that for a few seconds. | F | 33 | 3 days | 6/17/2007 | 5 | mania | none | good | F | 22 | 14 months | 5/30/2007 |