good idea ... thats what we are here for ...

Yea. I just don't know what to do. I want to vent but I don't have anyone to vent to about everything. There's a lot that my friends and family here do not know about me.

i love venting ... and will offer my help as you need ...

FB ?

MOST OF US THAT CHAT ALOT ARE GOING TO OTHER AREAS TO HOOK UP ...
IM ONE WHO HELPS WHEN I SEE SOMEONE IN NEED ...

oops sorry for the caps

lithium actually can do a number over time on your stomach as well as other organs..........are you having a cracker or meal or something coating to the stomach with your meds? being the day off helped it may very well be the lith.

I do eat before I take it. But I take it and then the stomach problems come back. So this can happen over time? I've been on this 1200 mg dose just under a year now. And I have had these stomach issues since April.

Let's see.....I scream at idiots all the time on the road, your boss must've been PMSing, you have NOT reunited with the ex so therefore I think you're doing okay.

Oh and the fact that you're reaching out? Excellent

Stress, especially job - and break up, tears the stomach up....

I remember going to work one time, ready to puke and shit! It wasn't my meds, I thought I was "handling it" but my body showed me I wasn't as good as I thought...

((((BIG HUG)))) You have a lot going on.... stress, pain, loneliness - do vent here, we do understand.... Lithium works on levels - one missed dose - well levels are off my friend : /

I agree with Caz - we're here!

Thank you guys! I do have a lot going on and my mind is racing. I feel like I have to work hard to keep my levels right. I'm so dehydrated most of the day even while drinking water/ powerade all day.

kinda' not depressed is GOOD!!! hehe.

That is my only side effect! LOL I drink about 5 or 6 liters a day! I think of it as my only good habit : ) and it all from damn cotton mouth!

I walk around with these Smart Water bottles, LOL I have half a shelf full in the fridge, my friends laugh! But all that water, keeps the drugs moving out - like its suppose too, flush and take, flush and take.

I know most people hate meds, but heart attack you'd take it, cancer we take, diabetes we take it, rabies - we say, shove it in my belly! LOL I treat them like vitamins take and forget - LOL, ok - to the best of my ability - hate taking them, but hate fighting pdoc MORE for them : )

(((((BIG HUG))))))

Cool you reached out....It's kind of hard to do sometimes isn't it?

I'm with "Gina" on the meds things...yup hate em but I hate the results of not taking them so much more!

Glad your here!
((((HUGS))))) C'mon back promise?

I think I still need more water. Lol. Thanks for the support. It's helped a lot and kept me from destructive behaviors.

Let us know how you're doing today. ((hugs)) :D

So far I am ok. I am all alone again so the destructive thoughts are still around. I had a real stressful day at work but was able to resolve most of the issues I believe were going on. I am really dehydrated and trying to figure out this lithium mess. I really think its causing me these stomach problems. I could be in group therapy now but I need to save the money and I will go next week. My mind is racing right now too. I am feeling like a manic phase could be in my future.

I want to throw some alternative thoughts out here - just to give you something to chew on : )

I might be right or wrong, but thinking about it - can't hurt! : ) So, take what you like, and please don't get pissed at the rest! "the other side of the coin, theories"

1. One year on Lithuim, now your dydrating and "stomach Problems" this can happen, you need to drink a lot of water - the stomach, stress sounds more likely than "new side effect" plus dyhdrations leads to headaches, stomach, tired - always being thirsty is not dyhydrated, other symptions cause these "side effects" Could you just WANT off the Lithium? Summer, the year mark, life sucks let's fuck with meds? Oy, just a tought..

2. I did well on Lithium for 10 years, deprakote for 6 years, now serquoel XL for 4 years - if I have to change, shit why not try one of those again, OR there are MANY STABLIZERS - have you asked you pdoc to change?

3. Your alone, work is stressful - you don't feel good, sickly, stomach - yuck... Why wouldn't you feel bad? Ok, we can call it depression - but why wouldn't you? Do you want special powers, that when Work sucks and you have the flu - smile and go to a movie? LOL If you're lonely and life sucks - being upset, sick and tired - is not a mental breakdown or shift...

Sounds like a bad week or day - do try different things, like mulling over what's up - what can you control, and what you have to let goooooooooooooooooo... Stress sucks, stomach problems suck...

That being said - ((((BIG HUG)))) I wish you peace and comfort, healthy and a GOOD DAY : ) As Soon As Possible.....