Posted by Mitch on October 25, 2001, at 0:27:01
In reply to Re: Who out there is on Lithium? AKC, posted by Roo on October 24, 2001, at 10:51:57
> Hi AKC,
>
> Thanks for responding. I remember you from Psycho
> social babble! I think, if I recall correctly, we
> are both from Kansas. (Not very often I meet other
> people from Kansas.
> Anyway, so you feel you also receive an AD effect
> from lithium? It helps you from going down into
> the depths? I am a soft bipolar 2, and also tend
> towards more of the depression side. I am trying
> lamictal now and really feel it's AD effects, but
> last time I tried it, I got the rash, so I'm just
> thinking about "Plan B"'s. Did you gain a lot of weight
> on lithium, or just a little bit? (That's definitely
> a concern of mine. I've already gained 15 pounds
> in one year b/c of my p-doc adding mood stabilizers
> to my regimen. I'd always thought I was just depressed,
> but my p-doc thinks my moods cycle and that I'm either
> cyclothymic or bp 2. I don't know. Right now I
> take prozac (20 mg's), neurotin (1200 mgs) lamictal
> (just starting so the dose is low 40 mg's), and a little
> bit of navane at night. I never thought I'd be taking
> so many drugs. I used to be fine with just the 20
> mg's of prozac, but then in the past 2 years my moods
> started cycling really bad and I started having major
> anxiety as well (hence the neurotin).
> Anyway, sorry to ramble..I guess my main questions were
> do you feel you get an AD sort of effect from the
> lithium, and how major was the weight gain? How do
> you feel on it in general? What's it like having to
> get blood levels checked?Roo,
My birthplace was Wichita (Wesley Medical Center)! They are doing a lot of clinical testing out there right now with Pregabalin for Chronic Pain Syndromes and for monotherapy for generalized (grand mal) seizures. I wouldn't mind a bit trying out Pregabalin, since I am already taking Neurontin.
Mitch
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