Posted by noa on March 25, 2004, at 19:59:23
In reply to Re: Lithium and thyroid » Ilene, posted by katia on March 24, 2004, at 13:22:00
I took lithium for a few months a few years ago. After about 2 weeks, my depression started to lift nicely. Then, after 6 weeks, I started to get depressed again, and starting falling fast. Plus, I began to have a number of other hypothyroid symptoms or increase in symptoms. My TSH went up substantially. I decided to discontinue the lithium and investigate the thyroid angle of my depression. My endo, who really helped with the thyroid problem told me that if I had wanted to, I could have continued on the lithium, but we would have needed to adjust my thyroid meds accordingly.
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