salty
05-22-2003, 01:28 AM
Has anyone experienced any thyroid problems from lithium?
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yvonnel
05-22-2003, 11:06 AM
I never had thyroid problems that they would do anything about but I did gain 50 lbs. in 6 months. My weight has always been a issue with me. I never wanted to be heavy/fat. My mom and sister have been all of their lives and I didn't want it. I finally gave my Dr. the choose of taking me off of it or I would stop it myself. He took me off of it. I also had problems with acne all over my body and my hair started falling out really bad. I liked the lithium for what it could do mood wise but I could not handle all of the side effects. To me you shouldn't put someone on meds that well make them feel worse about themselves when they are already fighting bad feeling. My Dr. put me on Neurotin and so far it is doing so much better for me than Lithium ever did. And so far I have had no side effects. And I lost 16 lbs. in the first 2 weeks of being off the Lithium. The other side effects are going away but not as fast as the weight.
Take care and I hope that you have better luck with it than I did.
Yvonne
Take care and I hope that you have better luck with it than I did.
Yvonne
*music23*
05-22-2003, 12:40 PM
yes, i have. i had hyperthyroidism from it. i was put on levoxyl but it didnt do much. now i am off of lithium and i no longer have that problem, at least not to the same extent
Kristina
Kristina
salty
05-22-2003, 03:37 PM
Yvonnel and Music23, could you tell me how much lithium you were on per day?
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Thanks to both of you for writing!
yvonnel
05-23-2003, 03:03 PM
I was taking 600mg 3 times a day. I was and am so sick of taking meds. When I was taking all of those plus the prozac I wanted to gag everytime.
Take care
Take care
salty
05-23-2003, 04:30 PM
Thank you Yvonnel for writing back. I think I'd be sick on that much medicine too.
What are you doing now (if you don't mind me asking)? Are you on anything?
You take care too.
What are you doing now (if you don't mind me asking)? Are you on anything?
You take care too.
HoosierBj
05-23-2003, 10:29 PM
Hi again, I'm the "18+ yrs on 1200 mg./day" female with no thyroid or kidney problems at all so far.
Wanted to add that I take all 4 of my 300 mg capsules/tablets at bedtime. When I started on it back in 1985 the theory was that taking them all at one time gave the kidneys 24 hrs to "rest" before the next dose.
Big plus was that I probably slept through any nausea and didn't have to keep popping a pill thru out the day.
Weight gain - about 30 lbs.
Compared to wild mood swings and an out of control life? Worth it to me.
Wanted to add that I take all 4 of my 300 mg capsules/tablets at bedtime. When I started on it back in 1985 the theory was that taking them all at one time gave the kidneys 24 hrs to "rest" before the next dose.
Big plus was that I probably slept through any nausea and didn't have to keep popping a pill thru out the day.
Weight gain - about 30 lbs.
Compared to wild mood swings and an out of control life? Worth it to me.
salty
06-01-2003, 06:36 PM
Hi HoosierBj. Sorry it took so long for me to respond. Ever since I read your post I have started doing what you do (take all the lithium at night). I think it would be easier on the kidneys.
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whiskey
06-01-2003, 07:24 PM
I had borderline thyroid problems before I started taking lithium now I take thyroid medicine and lithium it was my choice to take lithium because the lamitcal was to expensive for me to buy.
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salty
06-01-2003, 07:35 PM
Thanks for your post Whiskey. I am going for thyroid tests tomorrow.