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Originally Posted by bizi
I am frustrated and I am on the fence about continuing to take the lithium with it effecting my thyroid....tsh was 8.
On one side I feel a bit more stable on the lithium. I think the lamictal stopped working. I still take geodon 80mg twice a day.
I am afraid it is too late for my thyroid....damage is done...no going back. But maybe that is not true.
I see my GP in the morning....I will ask her opinion. She should have the full thyroid panel results by then.
my option is to stop lithium and start on some new cocktail.
maybe try tegretol?????I don't even know if that is a good mood stabilizer.
I don't know!!!!!!
bizi
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Hi bizi. I'm sure you'll come up with the right decision about Lithium. I know of people whose thyroid at least partially recovered after stopping Lithium. I also know some, including myself, whose didn't. The lucky thing is that Synthroid is usually very effective with few or no side effects.
Tegretol XR (carbamazpine ER) is my main moodstabilizer and has been for a good 8 years. It serves me well along with Seroquel XR and my other meds. It's likely that Tegretol XR does a large percentage of the work. A negative about Tegretol is that it has several medication interactions, including with some of the other medications I take. I can still take them together, but dose adjustments are necessary. It's especially important for all doctors to know I take it. It has affected the type of birth control I've needed. The interactions are often Tegretol reducing effectiveness of other meds, but sometimes it goes the other way. I have almost no side effects from Tegretol XR. A little clumsiness, and if my dose is too high, bouts of double vision. Tegretol ended an almost one year period of musical hallucinations I had years back, plus more. I appreciate that greatly!