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Old May 20, 2014, 04:47 PM
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Originally Posted by benzenering View Post
Different people are going to react differently to the same med. Some people of loads of side effects from a particular med, others will have minimal side effects from the same med.

To answer your question, I'm on 900 mg lithium. I have a hand tremor. It's a side effect I'll tolerate, as this med works for me.

Lithium tremors can be reduced with B vitamins. I think it's B6, but I'm not positive, it may be B12. It's new research, so your pdoc may not be aware. Worth a try?

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