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Spirit
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My husband is taking 300mg of Lithium for his clusters. Does anybody have any experience with Lithium and the associated side-effects/personality changes?
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I'm taking Lithium again (3rd time). I'm taking 300mg twice a day and 450mg at night. It's not helping 
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nani
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Re: Lithium
« Reply #2 on: Mar 6th, 2005, 2:49pm » |
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According to my neurologist, lithium will not affect mood or personality at the levels CHers use. It's very important to get your blood lithium levels checked every six months, however, as too much can be dangerous. He told me that all it might do is keep me from having "manic" type moods where I would have increased energy. At the time I told him if I was any less "manic" I'd be in a coma.
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Re: Lithium
« Reply #3 on: Mar 6th, 2005, 7:24pm » |
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Hello Spirit.
I've been on Lithium for the past 6 months (900 mg/day for the first 4 months and 600 mg/day for the last 2). Here's a link that i found quite helpful when i started taking it: http://www.mentalhealth.com/drug/p30-l02.html
There's a whole section about side effects of Lithium on that site. Like nani said it is very important to frequently monitor the lithium levels in one's blood serum since the worst side effects occur when when lithium exceeds a certain level.
As far as personality changes go... During the first week or so of therapy with lithium i demonstrated signs of manic behaviour (significally more energetic than usual, better mood than usual, alot less sleep than usual without feeling tired). That is pretty much the opposite of what is expected when starting to use lithium. My doctor didn't have an explanation for that but it all got back to normal after the first week or so. The fact that there's history of bibolar disorder in my family could be relevant but honestly i don't have a clue.
PFDAN to all,
Perry.
PS: unsolved1 sorry you're not finding relief- really hope for a break for you.
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Haven't posted in a while so let me re-introduce myself... Male, 25y.o., CCH sufferer for a little bit more than 5 years. Verapamil and Lithium seem to work well at the moment.
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