Is lithium a good med?

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Is lithium a good med? How common are thyroid issues and is there a pill to take to reverse the thyroid issues? I might ask my doctor I’m on an antipsychotic but my diagnosis is bipolar ! Hmmm

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I had hypothyroidism on lithium
And they gave me cinthroid
Lithium did nothing for me
When I went off lithium my thyroid returned to normal

I’ve heard good things too but that’s my personal experience with it

I’m sza bipolar type but I doubt that dx now. The bipolar aspect

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Lithium helped except I shook so bad I couldn’t even bring a cup to my mouth or eat anything that required a fork. Couldn’t even sign my name. I went off of it and the shaking mostly went away but did some permanent damage.

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Did you gain weight? Or have thyroid issues?

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Are patients on lithium able to think? Like is it different than antipsychotics or similar?

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Weight gain yes.

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So the thyroid issues are temporary? And only when on lithium? Or is it permanent? I think my metabolism is already a lot worse than it used to be!

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Lithium is a mood stabilizer not an antipsychotic

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My main issues are mood issues!

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I was on 900 mg of lithium for a year

Honestly felt it was a sugar pill

I had no effects from it

I was also on zyprexa, lamictal, klonopin and wellbutrin at the time.

I stopped the zyprexa cuz it had the worst effects I hated the feeling even tho it was keeping me stable. I stayed on the lithium tho. And still had my biggest psychotic episode I ever had.

I’m not blaming lithium. But it was 100% the reason for my hypothyroidism. When I stopped it. Yep it went back to normal. Saw a doc specialist for it and she confirmed lithium caused it. Maybe if u stay on it too long it’ll become permanent. Fortunately mine didn’t.

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I took it for a month but along with haldol

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I want to get off antipsychotics and just take something to calm my mood!

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I know a woman whose been on lithium for years. She has an uncontrollable shake in her hand. She had to get her thyroid removed.,and it ruined her kidneys . I’d say its not a very good drug to be on long term

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I was put on lithium in the hospital and felt better initially so they discharged me. I was also pushy to get out. Then two weeks later I nearly attempted suicide and landed back in the er and got put on latuda.

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Lithium did wonders for my mood swings. No weight gain. Didn’t have issues with my thyroid but I was only on 1200mg for a year. Stopped taking it for some reason and I’ve been doing okay without it too

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I was on Lithium for about 5 years. It did nothing for my mood issues I had at the time, and it ruined my thyroid. Now, I’m on Synthroid for life.

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i was on lithium and got hypothyroidism and then they gave me l-thyroxine for it… now my thyroid is ok and i’m not on the lithium anymore.

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For some bipolar patients, it’s a miracle drug. For me it did reduce my depression a bit.

And yes, you can think on lithium, but everything is kind of dulled down a bit.

I had a low metabolism, but after lithium, my thyroid gland stopped working and now I have to take thyroid hormones the rest of my life.

And yes - shaking hands, people thought i was an alcoholic.

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yea same here… have to take l-thyroxine for the rest of my life… i always thought at first that if my thyroid was good again that i could stop taking the l-thyroxine but pdoc said that is not the case…

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Lithium sounds horrible honestly!

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