Posted by JudithC on May 5, 2000, at 4:03:14
In reply to Re: tremors...Celexa or Lithium?, posted by harry b. on May 4, 2000, at 21:31:20
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> > While Lithium is known for causing tremors, Celexa can definitely cause both tremors and spasms, although they tend to become minimal after the first week or two. I don't know whether they last with Lithium. If you recently started the combo, you may have an additive effect going. Was the Lithium added to potentiate the Celexa, or are you taking it for bipolar or some other disorder?
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> > Rick
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> Rick- I was taking Effexor. I was not seeing an
> improvement with the Effexor and was experiencing
> some troubling side effects. My doc added the Lithium
> to augment the Effexor. It was only a
> a few days later that I stopped the Effexor
> and began the Celexa.
>
> So, the Lithium is to augment, and both meds were
> begun at nearly the same time. The tremors did not
> begin right away, they appeared about 2 weeks
> into this combination. There has been no increase
> of dosage of either med.
>
> ThanksHarryb,I don't know about the Lithium as I have never taken it,but the Celexa has caused me muscle spasms since I went on it the first of December....and the Adderall I try to take has only increased the muscle spasming.
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