This was before I got on Lithium, since then I’ve been completely stable. But looking back at these graphs it’s quite frightening

  • ThwaitesAwaits@lemmy.world
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    1 year ago

    It always makes me all warm and fuzzy happy when I hear Lithium working well for someone.

    Lithium was the first BP med I tried. It didn’t work for me and the side effects made me miserable.

    I think I’m just a super nostalgic and sentimental person. Ahh, memories. 😂

    • Enma Ai@lemmy.worldOP
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      1 year ago

      :)

      Sad to hear that lithium didn’t work for you. I have zero side effects luckily, except hypothyroidism for which I take L-thyroxin, and have zero side effects again.

      Have you found meds that work for you?

      I tried many meds before lithium In order

      • Quetiapine. Due to psychotic mania . Worked like a charm
      • Aripiprazol. As a replacement for the Quetiapine. Because I had depression and no energy. Worst medication I’ve ever tried. I didn’t make it past the first 3 days due to severe akithisia combined with being really tired and sedated. Pure agony holy shit. Stopped it and back on Quetiapine again.
      • Lamotrigine. Didn’t work at all. Even with 325mg daily my serum levels were way too low.
      • Escitalopram. It worked a little bit against the depression, but my QT time was prolonged so I had to stop.
      • Lithium. I was hospitalized, and we decided to try Lithium. First they fastly tapered me off of Lamotrigine. Then started Lithium. It works perfectly. I don’t wanna say it and jinx it but I really feel like I’m cured. Euthymia is nice.

      Right now I’m on 675mg Lithium, 300mg Seroquel XR, and 50mcg L-thyroxin.