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I'm on 900mg of Lithium plus a long list of other medicines. I can't tell that it does anything for me. Hope you feel better soon though. Definitely give your doctor a call Monday morning.

Is this new for you? 1200 is a lot to start with. Are you drinking lots and lots of water/liquid? Do you eat something before you take it?

i started on 4 tablets and my levels were still too low....now im on 5 tabs....so actually 1250mg.....the only thing i can think of is that i had a a very big serve of herbal tea this morn....maybe the caffeine?? i take my meds at night so havent eaten no....but drinking heaps of water.....

I'd say give it more time, talk to pdoc about it....and if it doesn't improve ask for an alternative mood stabiliser....don't give up just yet though.

Well, I would give it a whole 'nother month before complaining too much, but you need to be sure to eat something before taking the dosage or you will feel really yukky.

Lithium, like anything else, is a mixed bag. How is it making you feel? And is it all day, or just sometimes?

at the moment it is alllll day....i am in no way giving up on it at all.....i think this is the drug for me....i just wanted to see if how im feeling is normal and whether i can do soemthing to help it....

It does take time to adjust to it, for sure.

I had a lot of problems this last time when they put me on lithium when i was in the hospital. I had horrible side effects from it. I have taken it before and it didn't happen but this time it did. Just talk to your pdoc and see what they think but realize their are other drugs out there to stablize your mood.

1200 mgs is a pretty high dose for many people, maybe you are on too much?

thats true....but i started on the normal starting dose of 4 pills...but my levels were 0.6 and they need to be between 0.7 - 0.8 so i have had to put it up....have another blood test on friday...i feel dazed and confused!!....

definitely call pdoc tell the symptoms and might call pharmacist to see if anything can counter act symptoms

For me lithium is a miracle " Natural ELEMENT"...not a man made drug. Regardless, I had a LOT of Nausea before it FINALLY took effect for me at 3 months. Acupuncture has done well for me for depression and low energy.
At some time you may want to consider these options:
www.simplyhealingclinic.com
www.healthrecovery.com
www.moodcure.com
www.alternativetomedscenter.com

Let me know if I can help further.

Keytickler

1200mg sounds like a lot. I know what you said about the levels. Still sounds like a lot for the rest of your body if you aren't feeling weel. But if you like your doc, trust him/her.

My daughter started getting sick on that high a dose. So she went to 600mgs and added lamictal. As well as the celexa you are one. That seems to be the perfect cocktail for her. A lot of people here like lamictal.

Good luck in the search. It is a journey. And I'm glad to hear you say you're not giving up.

i am really worried about mixing drugs....i have heard some horrible things....it can push you over the edge into psychosis or make you manic when you may only be hypo....it scares me