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Posted by smith562 on June 21, 2005, at 5:48:55
Hey Mitch/Everyone,
Been doing great with selegiline 10 mgs per day .... haven't posted in a few months! Now that I am dating again, I want to lose my "beer belly" .... I am about 10 lbs over weight. My questions are ...
1. Can low dose lithium cause 10 lbs weight gain?
2. Should I switch to low dose trileptal instead? lamictal too activatingthank you!
Smith
Panic Disorder
Bipolar III/Spectrum Disorder
Posted by SLS on June 21, 2005, at 6:57:21
In reply to Mitch/Everyone:Low dose Lithium and weight gain, posted by smith562 on June 21, 2005, at 5:48:55
Hi. I can't comment on low-dosage lithium (300-600mg) because I have never been on it long enough to draw any conclusions.
> Hey Mitch/Everyone,
>
> Been doing great with selegiline 10 mgs per day .... haven't posted in a few months! Now that I am dating again, I want to lose my "beer belly" .... I am about 10 lbs over weight. My questions are ...
>
> 1. Can low dose lithium cause 10 lbs weight gain?
> 2. Should I switch to low dose trileptal instead? lamictal too activating
>
> thank you!
>
> Smith
> Panic Disorder
> Bipolar III/Spectrum DisorderWhat is Spectrum Disorder? Is that exactly the same as NOS?
I am bipolar III (depression with drug-induced mania). I am having some success with Trileptal to relieve depression. It is too early in my trial of 900mg to pass judgment, but 600mg did help episodically. This drug works.
Lamictal 150mg
Parnate 80mg
nortriptyline 100mg
Abilify 10mg
Trileptal 900mg
- Scott
Posted by ed_uk on June 21, 2005, at 11:37:51
In reply to Mitch/Everyone:Low dose Lithium and weight gain, posted by smith562 on June 21, 2005, at 5:48:55
Hi Smith!
>Can low dose lithium cause 10 lbs weight gain?
I wouldn't be at all surprised :-(
>Should I switch to low dose trileptal instead?
If you're anything like me, you need to do more exercise!!! ;-) If the lithium's working well for you, I'd be reluctant to change.
Kind regards
~Ed
Posted by Phillipa on June 21, 2005, at 18:21:51
In reply to Re: Mitch/Everyone:Low dose Lithium and weight gain » smith562, posted by ed_uk on June 21, 2005, at 11:37:51
If you can take low dose trileptal that didn't cause any wt gain for me. Now my ex-father-in-law gained a lot of wt on lithium. When he went off his lithium it was always to lose wt which he did. But he also went into a mania. Fondly, Phillipa
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