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(also known as Eskalith, Lithobid)
Lithium salts such as lithium carbonate, lithium citrate, and lithium orotate are mood stabilizers. They are used in the treatment of bipolar disorder, since unlike most other mood altering drugs, they counteract both mania and depression. Lithium can also be used to augment other antidepressant drugs. It is also somet... more at Wikipedia
Treatment Success Rate
| Top 5 Communities | ||
| Condition | Members | Success |
| Bipolar Disorder | 3206 |
74% |
| Depression | 171 |
80% |
| Bipolar Disorder - Teen | 53 |
87% |
| Anxiety | 19 |
84% |
| Personality Disorders | 18 |
89% |
Overall, 75% (3564
Members)
find Lithium helpful
Lithium Reviews
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Worked pretty well but was time consuming and sort of dangerous in the problems of overdose and side effects. I had bad leg cramps with lithium
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caused tremors
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it worked for several years but didn't deal with all my symptoms
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Helps but thirsty all the time and hands shakes some.
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Lithium seems to work well but it does have one bad side affect, it makes me shit all the time.
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Helpful but seen a little memory loss
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I took it for years and just got off it. It was working, but because of potential long term health consequences, it was replaced with lamictal.
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I took it for six years. It worked pretty good. I just had to take it with food or I would get nauseous.
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It is working somewhat but it interferes with my thyroid therapy.
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Worked but had weight gain.
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lithobid 300 mgs
eskalith/lithobid are time release lithium carbonate just dumps in. lithobid is what I take because I can't tolerate a straight release. [More] -
lithobid
I had less side effects as far as wierd smell and taste changes on Lithobid vs generic Lithium. [More] -
Eskalith???????????
thank you all so much for your help, Hanna I checked it on crazymeds thats how I found our it was the original, that is when I got confused, dobie may... [More] -
Eskalith???????????
Yeah, at one point my doc switched me to Eskalith too. I can't remember. Is Eskalith the one that is time released? I think it is. So you don't get a ... [More] -
Eskalith???????????
I read that Eskalith is the original lithium, lithium is a generic, my grandson was on lithium, and it made his thyroid levels go up, so the pdoc wean... [More]
