Lithium users

I have been taking lithium for about a year and a half. I never wheezed before and now i do. I was wondering if others out there taking lithium have experienced this side affect. I want it to go away.

Sometimes I do but never thought it was from Lithium, I also have shortness of breath often. I'm taking 1350mg, 3.5 years now and gained at least 40 pounds. I'm always hungry and cannot seem to control it. Very upsetting because my self-esteem is already under the frog's butt and my family keeps telling me that I need to lose weight. Wow, really, no way!?

Wheezing probably isn't a lithium thing. As we age, our allergies change. I learned that when I developed some really severe allergic reactions as an adult that never were an issue as a child. An allergist explained that it wasn't unusual really at all. In my case, it was actually the hormonal changes in my first pregnancy that set my allergies in motion believe it or not. It can be changes in location, dietary changes, exposure to chemicals/mold, etc. (often you don't even realize you are being exposed to them, like the mold issue that developed in a few rooms in my school building at one time). Whatever the case, see your family physician about the wheezing to be assessed in case you need to have medications on hand in case of a severe reaction.

Thanks for posts. I guess I never thought about, as I age my body is changing. I just figured oh its the meds.
Guess I should go to dr.

No, not me. I've never experienced that one. I get a bit of a tremble, thirst, and running to the bathroom because of it.

I have asthma already so I never noticed.

the only unpleasant thing I get from Lithium is thyroid dysfunction.

humm..i wheeze but thought it was from **** in the air.
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