my husband was started on lithium last week, and since then, he's already had several of the side effects. i'm just wondering if the side effects are safe to be having. he's been complaining that his knees are hurting/aching all the time now (and it wakes him up from sleep). and, the "tremors" he had before are now much much worse - now they don't seem to ever stop, and they're more severe (more..exaggerated if that makes sense). they don't stop all night, and he also has been making moaning/painful sounds all night when he's asleep. the last two nights i've woken up to his entire body shaking for 30sec-a few minutes several times (and it looks exactly like he's having a seizure). and i've woken up to his head shaking back and forth a few times too - before this had only happened once or twice over the last few months, but since he started the lithium it has happened 1-2x a night.

before starting the lithium, his attacks were down to 1-2x a week, which i know isn't ideal, but it is better than 2-4x a day. i'm just wondering if staying on the lithium and having all of these adverse side effects is worth it. (and especially because the lithium will not have any effect on the constant headache, which is the more major problem now.) any advice would be appreciated.

can anyone tell me what the normally prescribed doseage of lithium is?

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