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Aug 11, 2016, 11:04 PM
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I know it's different for everyone and it all depends on the lithium level but I was wondering generally about what dosage should I stop cycling? Or rather should being on 300 twice a day be preventing me from cycling from a depression into some form of mania that I feel right now.
It started yesterday when I stopped feeling depressed, then at night the music I here and radio voices came back. I woke up at 4am ready for the day. Today has been euphoric and I really feel it in my body, kind of like a tingly melting feeling. So I guess I'm wondering what dose I need to be at to stop the cycling and how long it will take to get there. |
 Coffeee
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Aug 12, 2016, 12:52 AM
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It depends on the person, I was on as much as 900 to keep mania down and I was still rapid for everything. It takes a couple days for the full effects, please talk to your pdoc about the change you might need to up your dosage.
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Aug 12, 2016, 05:45 AM
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It took about 3 weeks to fully work for me. I increased it to 1200mg because I was cycling and the cycles were still pretty intense. The BP cycles never really went away though. They just aren't as bad as when I was unmedicated. Make sure you give it time for the Lithium to kick in. Unfortunately, it it not instantaneous.
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Aug 12, 2016, 08:09 AM
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The dose is relative to blood level too. It took three or four weeks to feel full benefits.
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