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Old Mar 25, 2015, 09:28 PM
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The pharmacist says to take it at bedtime with some food.

When do you take it?

Please tell me that the nauseau goes away...please tell me that it does...
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When I took it I had a issue with nausea too. When I took it with food it really did help. I eventually had to take the liquid form because I was started on a higher dose. It helped. Either way...I hope it goes away soon for you!
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The pharmacist says to take it at bedtime with some food.

When do you take it?

Please tell me that the nauseau goes away...please tell me that it does...
I take 500mg with breakfast and 500mg after dinner. When I first started Lithium I did experience nausea. I cannot recall for how long. I don't get it now unless I take it on an empty stomach or drink too much alcohol (not recommended). I hope this resolves for you soon. Is it showing any promise in other ways?
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Old Mar 26, 2015, 05:42 AM
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I take it at night as one dose, but I am like Wander and only have the nausea if I have an empty stomach or take it after drinking a bit (had that lovely experience last night, even).

I never experienced the lithium nausea when I first started, and don't really have it unless I do the above mentioned....but I do have the shakes and metal mouth that people sometimes get.

....so a nice trade-off I guess? :/
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I take it all at night as well. My doctor told me it is easier on your kidney's to do it that way.
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Old Mar 26, 2015, 08:35 PM
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I take 500mg with breakfast and 500mg after dinner. When I first started Lithium I did experience nausea. I cannot recall for how long. I don't get it now unless I take it on an empty stomach or drink too much alcohol (not recommended). I hope this resolves for you soon. Is it showing any promise in other ways?
I have not been on it long enough to notice any change.
I've only been on it for 10 days now, so any day now I should
see some change.

I hope the darn nausea goes away soon
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My Dr gave me something to take for nausea starting out. Do you have anything? Peppermints help some.
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Old Mar 27, 2015, 01:24 AM
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Side effects like that usually go away in 6 months. Lithium is a fantastic medication.
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I take 900mg, extended release. I take two pills at night and one in the morning. I only experienced nausea for a couple of days. The side effects that have remained are craving salt and constant thirst.
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My Dr gave me something to take for nausea starting out. Do you have anything? Peppermints help some.
I am finding ginger-ale and ginger tea seem to help

Do you mean just ordinary peppermints?
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Old Mar 28, 2015, 10:47 PM
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Peppermint tea rocks....Sucking on peppermint candy and chewing peppermint gum helps too. Also I think there is an OTC med that helps with it...emetrol??
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I tried gum today and it was good. It really helped with the
metal mouth
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Old Apr 03, 2015, 06:13 AM
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I'm going to try the gum thing, I always seem to really have bad metal mouth when I am nowhere near any sort of beverages to try and reduce it. I bought a little container of gum and will just keep it in my bag and see how that goes.
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