Reviewer: 55-64 Male on Treatment for 5 to less than 10 years (Patient)

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Reviewer: 55-64 Male on Treatment for 10 years or more (Patient)

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IT CONTROLS MY BI-POLAR BUT I GET LOTS OF SIDE EFFECTS SUCH AS TREMORS, DIARREA, DIZZINESS,CONSTANT URINATION.

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IT CONTROLS MY BI-POLAR BUT I GET LOTS OF SIDE EFFECTS SUCH AS TREMORS, DIARREA, DIZZINESS,CONSTANT URINATION.
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Reviewer: 45-54 on Treatment for 1 to 6 months (Patient)

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Reviewer: JERRY, 25-34 Male on Treatment for 1 to 6 months (Patient)

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Lithium works very fast. Within a day I felt much better. It pulled me out of a depression that wanted to leave me crying for no good reason. It is a very wonderful mood stabilizer. So if you need something to work today and not 6 weeks from now I recommend lithium highly but beware of side effects. At the time this was the best thing for me but after awhile the side effects became worse. I gained ... Show Full Comment

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Lithium works very fast. Within a day I felt much better. It pulled me out of a depression that wanted to leave me crying for no good reason. It is a very wonderful mood stabilizer. So if you need something to work today and not 6 weeks from now I recommend lithium highly but beware of side effects. At the time this was the best thing for me but after awhile the side effects became worse. I gained 25 lb. in just a couple months. After two months I lost so much hair that my hair got so thin it felt like I had got a haircut. The worst thing of all was the restlessness which will keep you uneasy and twitchy the whole time. I'm sure this is dose dependent. I took 1200 mg daily. If you can deal with the fact that lithium might make you fat and bald then this may be the perfect bipolar medicine.
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Reviewer: Mellie, 65-74 Female on Treatment for less than 1 month (Patient)

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After being on many anti-depressants, beginning with Prozac probably 15 years ago, I have ended up on Cymbalta for depression and Lamictal for anxiety. They have both lost their effect on me and I asked my psychiatrist to switch me to something else. During this ineffective period, I have made enemies of almost all my family and friends. I have also had many accidents, a careless fire in my kit ... Show Full Comment

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After being on many anti-depressants, beginning with Prozac probably 15 years ago, I have ended up on Cymbalta for depression and Lamictal for anxiety. They have both lost their effect on me and I asked my psychiatrist to switch me to something else. During this ineffective period, I have made enemies of almost all my family and friends. I have also had many accidents, a careless fire in my kitchen and other serious mishaps. I spend too much crying over petty things and an equal amount of time laughing like a fool at various TV shows. Most of the time I hate myself for getting as fat as I've gotten and being unsuccessful for being overweight for at least 20 years. I was once the prettiest girl in school, so this is humliating for me and I've become a hermit, fearing running into old friends.
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