Thank you so much for your input. It helps alot to know that it takes awhile. I actually called my doc today and she told me to stop taking it. I feel so frustrated because this is really hard on me mentally. I've been going without meds for about 4 years now and it seems like all of this on and off stuff is making it worse. Did you feel like that when you switched meds? I'm going to go see my doc again tomorrow. I'm hoping this time we can figure out a keeper cuz I'm so tired of this roller coaster. So, how long have you been on the lithium now? Well, thanks again.
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Originally Posted by Michah
Hi sweetie, you sound like you are having a terrible time. I am also bp type 2 and a couple of other things. Anti-depressants can cause a manic reaction if you didn't know that even though they are great for depression. I started on lithium last year and my psych also put me on an antidepressant(avanza) because I was also suicidal and we needed something until the Lithium kicked in. It can take a while. The avanza was horrible and made me really sick so he put me on a antipsychotic which had been on many times before(Olanzapine) and that worked a treat although I did put weight on from it. The lithium is great now and I came of the olanzapine about 4 months ago. I am 1000mg lithium per day and diazepam(valium) when I need it. If you don't have lithium toxicity, you should eventually slip quite nicely into it. I did notice some side effects when I first started - tremors, short-term memory loss, polyuria, inability to concentrate, stuff like that. I swear by the stuff now though. Hope that helps.
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