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Originally Posted by ~Christina
I use to take lithium and Triliptal but quit them for a variety of reasons.
I take Valium and prior to that Xanax and klonopin.... If I skipped a couple days worth I will get all kinds of agitated and then I remember Ooooo I might want to take one so I don't risk having a seizure .
I have been on all kinds of meds over the years quit cold turkey most APs and AAPs not a single hiccup. My Pdoc has been fine with me dropping meds. He's not a pill monster and is happy I advocate for myself, we decide on meds together.
Quitting lithium cold turkey ? I hit day 4 or 5 .... It was hellish so hellish , I felt horrible for almost 2 weeks, took my brain about 3 months to revert back to functioning sans lithium. I quit the junk because I had gone toxic once and felt another episode starting, I like my kidneys and thyroid and decided lithium had to go .
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I do really well on meds and I like the way I feel on them (WAY more stable) and the fact that I'm able to work an almost full-time job is a necessity for me. If I had to get off Lithium, I think my pdoc would just replace it with another stabilizer or AP.
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...Out of night and alarm
Out of terrible dreams
Reach me your hand!
This is the meaning that we suffered in sleep:
The white peace of the waking.
~Edna St. Vincent Millay, "Song of the Nations"~
Diagnoses: Bipolar 2, OCD, Chronic Worrywart 
Meds: Lithium (reducing), Trileptal, Latuda, Risperdal, Klonopin and Xanax PRN
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