Posted by yesac on June 3, 2005, at 12:40:22
It seems like lithium is helping me a little bit. I've been on it about 5 weeks, went up to 600mgs a week and a half ago.
I think that I'm slightly less agitated, slightly less depressed, a bit more calm and less distraught about everything all the time. Basically, it's exactly what you'd expect from a mood stabilizer: I feel more stable. My mood isn't all over the place--- it seems to be more even. I don't feel quite as flipped out as before.
But I still don't feel good. Maybe the improvement will continue. I'm thinking of increasing my dose to 900mgs in a week or so and that might help more.
I haven't been sleeping well lately, and it's so hard to get up in the mornings. Once I get up and get going I don't feel too tired, but I really have to drag myself out of bed, even at 10 or 11 AM. I don't know if this is related to the lithium or not, but it seemed like it got worse when I increased my dose.
It sucks, though, that I feel like this is the best I can get. I have tried probably 30 different drugs over the past few years, and this is the best response that I've gotten... so it's not like I can just switch to a different drug and expect a better response. Or even add a drug and expect a better response. I just don't think those are options for me anymore.
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