[MistressStayc]

Life has been crazy lately. A good kind of crazy but my doc and I decided to take me off lithium. It's been a couple of weeks and I haven't felt the effects....been in a nice controllable state of hypo-mania getting alot done....now I feel out of control, moody and easily depressed. The only one who can pull me out is my fab boyfriend who's not around tonight to talk. How do I do it without him to pull me up? can this be lithium withdrawl after all this time?

Granted today was a crappy *** day and Im fighting a cold but I'm so scared of slipping back into depression when my man is not around....long distance relationship....i need to maintain when we cant talk.

Not sure it's the lithium issue. still on an AD and mood stabilizer and anti anxieties.

[Confusedinomicon]

I have cold turkeyed lithium and it usually gets ugly for me after 2 weeks.

[MistressStayc]

Thanks for the reply....i was seriously wondering. just gotta ride it out.

Talked to my man today and it did wonders for my mood.

[Fuzzybear]

[Marshellette]

A lithium cold turkey got me down for months. I would never get out of bed. I suggest you try something different or add 2,000 milligrams of fish oil to your diet as OMG3's help stabilize cell membranes which cause nerve synapses to fire maniacally anyway.

[MistressStayc]

Originally Posted by Marshellette

A lithium cold turkey got me down for months. I would never get out of bed. I suggest you try something different or add 2,000 milligrams of fish oil to your diet as OMG3's help stabilize cell membranes which cause nerve synapses to fire maniacally anyway.

I'm not that bad off and my pdoc would put me back on if it got that bad. He's awesome about taking action....Ive taken fish oil in the past. Should have crossed my mind to go get some.

Right now I just feel really raw and emotional and prone to small bouts of depression. Fish oil would probably do the trick before jumping on another med or something like that.

[Marshellette]

Originally Posted by Mtfbwy72

I'm not that bad off and my pdoc would put me back on if it got that bad. He's awesome about taking action....Ive taken fish oil in the past. Should have crossed my mind to go get some.

Right now I just feel really raw and emotional and prone to small bouts of depression. Fish oil would probably do the trick before jumping on another med or something like that.

I hope you get better.

[MistressStayc]

I am starting to think this is situational....my family issues arent helping.

[Trippin2.0]

Originally Posted by Mtfbwy72

I am starting to think this is situational....my family issues arent helping.

I was wondering if it was actually, because nothing affects my bp moods once they settle in, I can't be loved out of a depression, and from what I see on the board that seems to be how it generally goes.

I personally didn't crash after lithium, well that's probably because I cold turkeyed everything and ended up cycling like crazy for 3 months. I really hope you start feeling better soon.

[hamster-bamster]

I am now back on Li 900mg, but but when I went cold turkey off that dose last year, there were no crashes. I agree with you that it seems situational. I wouldn't go back just because of a situational thing. I had to go back on Li in September because I became hypomanic due to taking Elavil (and old AD I take in low doses for sleep and migraine prevention and not for depression, but still it is an AD). You are taking an AD and a MS. Lithium was your second MS. I certainly would wait and deal with the situation before considering going back on the SECOND mood stabilizer.