Posted by starlight on June 20, 2003, at 12:37:08
In reply to Lithium or Trileptal? HOSPITALIZATION OR , posted by McPac on June 20, 2003, at 11:14:44
I was terribly afraid of taking lithium - and did a lot of research. Doc tried me on Depakote, but I started gaining weight right away. LIked the feeling I got from it though. I'm a highly creative person, front person for a band, singer songwriter, so I didn't want any dulling of that aspect of my personality. Have a good friend who's a pdoc, and he suggested that plenty of alternatives were available and told me about a few. Then I did alot of research on my own - and convinced my pdoc (who's really more conservative) to go with me on this. He was hung up on the FDA approval - I told him I didn't give a damn about the FDA - as far as I'm concerned they're a big conspiracy anyway :0) so he agreed to give it a go and so far it's been great. I find it really interesting in that now that I'm more stable, I can look back and see my moods swinging like a monkey in a tree!
Good luck.I would like to hear the people who have positive things to say about lithium. Have they experienced weight gain? Any dulling of the personality? etc?
starlight
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