Posted by for2itous on May 1, 2003, at 23:01:50
In reply to Barb, Re: Lithium and depression, posted by McPac on May 1, 2003, at 19:20:59
Not taking Lithium a week only effected me in the very beginning when the symptoms came immediately back. I hardly miss a pill now.
Actually went without Lithium for 2 years. My doctor told me when i got pregnant in the early 80's that taking Lithium during pregnancy was ok but not during breast feeding, I couldn't imagine giving up Lithium just before being subject to post partum depression because I did want to breast feed. I didn't believe that Lithium was safe for the fetus because of how it felt the first time I took it. I'm happy I gave it up immediately because it has been found now it can be toxic for babies.I can't explain how I experienced such a happy pregnancy with no bipolar phases except that I have never wanted anything so much and was filled with joy and expectation that depression couldn't take hold...really can't figure it out. But started having manic and depressive phases when my son was about 8 months old. It seemed that the less he needed me, the more I had bipolar symptoms. Had a long lasting manic phase when Dan was a year old and as I discontinued breast feeding,I resumed on the Lithium.
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