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Originally Posted by BeyondtheRainbow
One thing to consider that there are 3 forms of lithium and sometimes you have to try them all to find the one your body tolerates well. For me it was Eskalith. There also are lithobid (which I think you said you are on it) and immediate release, which was also better than lithobid for me. On Eskalith I was on a very small dose and it did what it was supposed to do. It took a while to reach the point we tried it though.
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Thank you. I'm really glad you found the version that works for you! I'm still in the experimentation phase I guess. I've been on Lithobid 300 mg extended release and I'm finding it hard to tolerate in terms of GI issues. So I switched to Eskalith 300 mg Immediate Release and that was too much at once. So now I'm back to Lithobid 150 mg Immediate Release twice a day. I think there is an Extended Release version of Eskalith so I might try that next if the twice daily lower dose Lithobid doesn't settle with me.
What dose do you take? And do you take anything else with it?