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Originally Posted by ~Christina
I had the same problem ... What worked ? Nothing to be honest. I just gently cleaned that area, Medications and scrubbing seemed to make mine worse. Have you talked to your Pdoc about the obvious side effect?
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I haven't brought it up to my current psychiatrist. The first time I was on it- my psychiatrist is the one that said "ooh, lithium acne" in a bemoaning tone. And we changed nothing. If I know my current psychiatrist , he would likely say "what is the trade off?" And obviously acne is not as terrrible as being without a mood stabilizer. I can't take my Depakote anymore because I am undergoing ECT treatments every few weeks and it would inhibit a seizure. Same goes for a lot of other mood stabilizers. And most I've tried and cannot tolerate any way.
Heavy sigh.
Thanks for your input.
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