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shutterbug · 11-15-2005, 10:09 PM

A month and a half of getting so sick at my stomach when i get up that I often throw up.....and i'm done. I've had it. I told my doc this 2-3 weeks ago and she didn't care. I even ran across a pamphlet from her office that said nausea is a side-affect of lithium yet she blamed it on my weight.

So yesterday was my first day off of it.
My old psychiatrist would have never put me on it in the first place.
And i've felt a little better since not taking it for two days.

So all i'm on now is Welbutrin and Visteril (as needed) and something for my asthma.

I think i'm gunna stay off a mood stabalizer for a while just to see. I feel so bad all the time that i don't think i can feel any worse for not taking it and my manias were never bad anyway.

WHAT DO YOU GUYS THINK?

11-15-2005, 10:09 PM	#1 (permalink)
shutterbug A picture's worth a 1000 words Join Date: Aug 2004 Location: With any luck, I'm lost in a view finder Posts: 2,947 Blog Entries: 5	I've stopped taking my lithium A month and a half of getting so sick at my stomach when i get up that I often throw up.....and i'm done. I've had it. I told my doc this 2-3 weeks ago and she didn't care. I even ran across a pamphlet from her office that said nausea is a side-affect of lithium yet she blamed it on my weight. So yesterday was my first day off of it. My old psychiatrist would have never put me on it in the first place. And i've felt a little better since not taking it for two days. So all i'm on now is Welbutrin and Visteril (as needed) and something for my asthma. I think i'm gunna stay off a mood stabalizer for a while just to see. I feel so bad all the time that i don't think i can feel any worse for not taking it and my manias were never bad anyway. WHAT DO YOU GUYS THINK? __________________ I'M FINE!! Fanatically Insecure Neuratic & Emotional Bipolar/Depression support: 1-800-950-NAMI(6264).