Posted by Preventa on August 4, 2011, at 6:16:11
In reply to Re: unsure about dropping eskalith (lithium), posted by morgan miller on August 4, 2011, at 0:09:13
Thanks everyone for all the info and advice. I should mention That my current doc has only been with me for 1.5 years. Before that I also had a short term doc who first raised me from 900 to 1250mg because the blood level. With my current psychiatrist, i was going under a great deal of job related stress and her being new to me, raised it all the way to 1650mg
I see her in a couple of weeks and i think im going to start tapering to eventually900mg. again. Especially after reading your advice.
I also didnt mention my insomnia and migraines. So currently take lunesta 2mg, Eskalith er 1650mg.At the end of my first group of hospitalizations from oct-feb 1995, i was on depakote for 6months where i gained 85 lbs.
At this point, although i am not a pharmacologist, i know my body. I never tried valaproate. I may just go back to what i was on for 5 years which was simply 900mg of lith and add the abilify in the morning. I did that combined cocktail for a couple of years too.
But if i keep losing hair at that point, i will have to consider something else.
I am going to try some of those vitamins/ minerals that Morgan mentioned. I have heard some about fishoil.Thanks for the perspective on this. It helps a great deal! Preventa
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