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Originally Posted by Aurelius710
I'm curious if the lower dose of lithium has helped the hypothyroidism? My experience with lithium is that many of the adverse effects come being on much higher doses for a long period of time. I currently take 450mg twice daily and my lithium levels have never been high enough to cause issues.
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Hi Aurelius. In my case 400mgx2.5 = 1000mg lithium per day already started to mess my thyroids up. Introducing valproic was all about trying to fix my hypothiroidism... but I still need to find out if it's been worth it... and having a fainting spell hasn't helped to keep my hopes high.
I know my doctor will try to convince me to keep taking valproic, it's just that I'm afraid.