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Posted by alchemy on March 13, 2013, at 0:13:26
I went to my pdoc today. He says he just feels like lithium still might work for me. Um, I have tried it twice. I'm not bipolar 1, maybe a little bipolar 2. No hypomania, just different levels of depression. I just read about my last experience with lithium, a few years ago. I was on it for at least a month- no mood help, no mood cycling help, hungrier, slower thinking, tired.
Is there any reason I should go through this again (get acne at first too)? Or is he just a lithium-loving dr?
Posted by Tomatheus on March 13, 2013, at 0:59:28
In reply to Why would my dr want me to try lithium again?, posted by alchemy on March 13, 2013, at 0:13:26
Alchemy,
Would you be taking lithium with a medication that you haven't taken it with before? If you are, that might explain why your doctor might want to try you on lithium again. Perhaps the thinking is that it might mix better with something that you're taking now than something that you've taken in the past. Possibly?
Tomatheus
Posted by Phillipa on March 13, 2013, at 8:51:41
In reply to Why would my dr want me to try lithium again?, posted by alchemy on March 13, 2013, at 0:13:26
I once worked with a pdoc that all his patients were put on lithium. I later found out he was a well controlled bipolar. He even suggested it for me for PMS. So they exist. Phillipa
Posted by alchemy on March 13, 2013, at 15:20:01
In reply to Re: Why would my dr want me to try lithium again? » alchemy, posted by Phillipa on March 13, 2013, at 8:51:41
> I once worked with a pdoc that all his patients were put on lithium. I later found out he was a well controlled bipolar. He even suggested it for me for PMS. So they exist. Phillipa
Haha. That's funny. I think he is. That was the first thing he had me try so I think he is.
Posted by Phillipa on March 13, 2013, at 20:48:17
In reply to Re: Why would my dr want me to try lithium again? » Phillipa, posted by alchemy on March 13, 2013, at 15:20:01
I must say this doc was or seemed very happy with life in general. But when a new admission we all knew what he would say and to this day it's a quote " I think he/she was misdiagnosed. I think they are bipolar" Order lithium. Phillipa
Posted by gpznos on March 14, 2013, at 9:06:42
In reply to Why would my dr want me to try lithium again?, posted by alchemy on March 13, 2013, at 0:13:26
> I went to my pdoc today. He says he just feels like lithium still might work for me. Um, I have tried it twice. I'm not bipolar 1, maybe a little bipolar 2. No hypomania, just different levels of depression. I just read about my last experience with lithium, a few years ago. I was on it for at least a month- no mood help, no mood cycling help, hungrier, slower thinking, tired.
> Is there any reason I should go through this again (get acne at first too)? Or is he just a lithium-loving dr?Hi, your condition sounds a lot like mine, no mania, just various grades of depression.
I am on 600 mg Lithium (together with Nort, Valdoxan and Marplan rising dosage) but I cant say for sure if it is working - I hope to maybe cut back on the dosage when I get the Marplan higher.
But I have heard from various doctors that it can take several months up to 6 before you see the full effect of Lithium. And there is a general feeling among doctors I have met that Lithiun is effective to treating unipolar depression.
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