Hi All:

I'm coming off of Lithium (I've been on it for about 2 years) and I'm having some side effects I'm interested to see if anyone else has had them. I haven't taken any for two days and before that I was going down 150 at a time.

I've been very sedated and had a nearly impossible time waking up in the mornings for the past long while. I was thinking it was the Seroquel, but the last few nights I'm sleeping very lightly and waking up a lot. I'm also waking up with less sleep and am wide awake in bed, which never happens.

This morning I woke up with a very painful dull throbbing ache in both shoulders and down both arms. My body was aching a bit and I had periods where I was sweating and then cold but not the chills, as the fan was on.

I've been in a very deep depression for months. The past few weeks have been very, very low. But now I feel I'm on my way up energy wise, but still very depressed. My anxiety is way up too.

I used to get this obnoxious hyper mood that my husband would call my "buggy mood." I would be so hyper that I would bother him constantly, trying to hug him and play and goof around. I would annoy him and know that I was annoying him, but be unable to stop myself.

With the Lithium that went away and I haven't been like that for a couple of years..... Well, tonight I said to my husband as I bounced around the kitchen "she's back." He laughed and said he could tell and that it's okay. He's a saint, but I have to try not to pester him too much.

Tomorrow I think I'll have absolutely no coffee. I had been only able to have one cup before feeling my anxiety skyrocket these past few days, then I overdid it yesterday and had 4 cups because I felt so depressed and wanted to get some cleaning done. It worked and then I had 3 today which was not a good idea. I still can't take a deep breath.

Anyway, sorry for rambling... anyone else feel these things? Any suggestions for managing this other than avoiding caffeine?