Hi Cam,
It's me again, I forgot this question for my doc which I will ask him at my next visit. Question: If a person is at a point that they are no longer "manic" does the therapeutic dosage of lithium (1200 mg) have the potential of possibly making a person become depressed because it mellows one too much! I take 30mg of celexa besides the lithium but have become very lethargic and down, plus the weight gain from the depakote I was on before lithium is depressing me too I had my weight down to actually being called thin a year ago and then once under the care of my past psychiatrist and being put on depakote ruined everything, I never really lost the "blues" but gained the weight which robbed me of some self-esteem. The doc doesn't have any advice about this, just advised me to continue the celexa with the lithium till spring cause that would be a better time for me to get off the celexa my moods often change with the seasons, early spring I get energized but early summer I start going back into a funk no matter how I try to resist "funks" it doesn't always work like the Borg says on Star Trek Next Generation, "Resistance is futile!", just a little warped humor on my part I wonder if being my degree of BP vs. the level of my brother is less, he has more of violent manic episodes where my doc says I am a milder case, would mean a maintenace dose (900mg) of lithium would be adequate? It was I that asked the doc to try 1200 mg to see what it would do for me back in Oct. when I was wound, becoming sleepless, etc. Maybe I really do not require 1200 mg.? Do you know if even blood levels are okay can a person still have too much in them for their level of BP?
Thanks for you help
"darkeyes"