Lithium shakes

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Anyone else get the “lithium shakes”? Recently I’ve noticed a shakiness in my hands, almost like a tremor. I see my pdoc tomorrow and am going to mention it then.

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I’ve noticed this when I drink too much coffee.

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I have this if I have coffee or if I don’t

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Is a known side effect of lithium. My doc put me on the beta blocker propranolol for this.

Word of warning people with asthma can’t take beta blockers

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I thought you meant a milkshake with lithium grinded in

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Haha you just made me laugh out loud! I needed that :sweat_smile:

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I’m sorry you are going through this @Hanna_Foxx
I went through the same thing when I was on lithium years ago

Make sure you are drinking enough water

It’s important with lithium

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I’ll take some fries with mine.

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Oh snap you know I used to take lithium and I had these. Minor tremors, to the point where if I held my hand out and tried to keep it steady it would shake a little. It was minor enough to ignore and went away when I switched meds.

I was on it for bipolar in my 20s before schizophrenia symptoms presented themselves.

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@Hanna_Foxx

I heard about a woman dying from purging. It killed her.

Binging and purging can cause shakes from a heart condition

I was bulimic as a teenager

Im sorry but it has to be said, you need help desperately hun. Please

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@Ducky I appreciate the concern. I had an intake appointment with a intensive outpatient eating disorder treatment program, I am waiting to hear back to see how much insurance will cover. In the mean time I have an appointment with my pdoc and my therapist tomorrow and I am going to discuss other options with them as well.

I am getting help.

I’m pretty sure the shakes are from the lithium, I will bring it up with my pdoc tomorrow and see what she thinks

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Tell them everything tomorrow don’t keep anything secret you need to divulge

Its time to put an end before its too late

Good luck xx

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My pdoc said the shakiness is common with lithium and she wanted to prescribe a beta blocker to help. But I refused the beta blocker, I was on beta blockers for years and finally weaned all the way off of them. Beta blockers reduce my ability to exercise and run, I can’t have a medication messing with my exercise ability

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I Taken 1200 mg of lithium and my hands shaked. I was unable to have a glass in my hand. After stopping lithium i had no problems After a month.