yvonnel

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