1 dose..I was ok. 2 doses and I get woozy and panicky. I'm not sure if that's the drug or just me.

1 to 2 are fine. Don't recommend anymore than that. Lithium is powerful. I loved it when I was on it. Barb-Detroit

yes I forget sometimes, I have a medication reminder on my computer so I take it when I see my reminder. Its best if you don't skip dosages

Missing a dose or two won't hurt you, but DO NOT, DO NOT, DO NOT double up to catch up. That can be bad.
did you hear me. do not do that. It gets toxic quickly if you take too much, and be sure NO kids can get it, and always find it if you drop one, if you have pets.

Missing 1 or 2...i have not felt the effects. But I am also on Effexor, Lamictol & Seroquel.but if I was to miss 1 or 2 of all of these....shakes and sickness. No fun.get yourself a SMTWTFS pill dispensors. It is a life saver.

be careful with the weekly dispenser too. I had a manic episode go into phycosis, and my weekly thingy was empty because I forgot to refill it, and my husband thought I took all the pills and tried to kill myself. Took a long time to sort that one out. I never missed a dose of lithium, I take all my meds right before bed so I don't forget. Call your doctor if you are unsure what to do.

I missed a dose occasionally but never noticed any difference.

Yes. I forget if I've taken it or not so I don't. Rather go without it than take it twice and get into the toxic levels.

PS -- missing a dose or two, probably won't hurt you, althuogh it may make you feel like holy shit. I get headache, and generally feeling like crap if I miss a dose of Lamictal. Then it makes it harder to make myself take the next dose. I think the biggest consequence of missing meds, is psychological. BUt that's not fun, either.

I have been taking 1500mg of Lithium lately, 1200mg before. I have forgotten a pill, like it falls onto the ground, several times. I can feel it about two days later. I take all of these at night.

I have forgotten all my doses only once or twice. Because of coming back from a vacation or something. I can really feel that and it takes a week to get balanced again.

We all make mistakes, If I had to take Lithium at different times throughout the day I would forget often. My watch alarm would be going off every hour.

Thanks for all your info and advice. I was not knowing what to do as this never happened to me before.

Like some of you I have to take my meds a few times during the day too. In the last month or so I have been forgetting to take my Lithium at supper, I will usually remember an hour or two later, but the other day I didn't remember until I took my bedtime meds and saw the Lithium, sure enough the slot beside it still had my supper Lithium in it...ggrr!

That's when I called upon you guys for help cause I have never forgotten for that long of a period. Thanks again!

i missed a dose of lithium one time for a month and i totally messed me up i got really pissed at anyone that slightly irritated me

it son't have an effect one way or the other, to miss a dose once in a while.................