Posted by Tabitha on March 24, 2016, at 16:23:06
I couldn't handle the water retention on 600mg lithium. My face was puffy and my entire body felt weirdly flabby and unbalanced. I'm sensitive about body issues so it was really distressing to me. It's another month before my pdoc follow-up, but I went ahead and reduced back to 300mg. The same night after reducing, I had several extra trips to the bathroom and woke up about two pounds lighter.
Also, I know you're supposed to drink more water on lithium, and that drinking more is supposed to actually help prevent water retention. But at 600mg, water tasted gross. I checked and taste changes including metallic water taste are side effects of lithium. It reminded me of being on chemo, which weirdly enough, made water and bland foods taste intolerably awful.
I hope this isn't my brain tricking me into lowering my meds so it can become suicidal again.
What do you think? Any lithium users with water retention experiences?
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