Posted by Raisinb on February 5, 2012, at 9:10:01
In reply to Re: lithium, posted by Raisinb on February 4, 2012, at 16:21:30
Each time I started or the dosage was raised I remember an immediate "smoothing" effect...very pleasant, like a good scotch after a long day. However, almost all meds I've been on, I've responded immediately or not at all, so that might not be typical.
Long term I had terrible side effects and the smoothing out effect got to be too much--I was very anhedonic. It might just have been that the lithium did nothing for my depression, or it may have been that it induced more anhedonia than I would have had normally.
It got rid of anxiety and racing thoughts, but for me, it got rid of just about all mental and emotional activity, period.
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