I just had my doctor wean me off lithium and I have to tell you my panic attacks have disappeared. The lithium made me feel like CRAP. There are other things out there, so find something else if possible. Besides, you have to have constant blood tests to monitor the lithium and you can go toxic quickly with it just be doing something you think is normal, like being out in the sun and getting dehydrated, it will increase the amount of lithium in your system and make you have lithium toxicity.

And taking drugs like lithium and drinking and smoking pot are just not a good choice as you are fucking up your brain by doing all this. All this stuff affects how your brain works and alcohol and lithium are not a good combo either.

Talk to your dr. about something else. They have some new stuff out that is better than lithium.

I will NEVER go back on that shit. It made me stranger than I normally was instead of helping.

I lost interest in doing things, I just wanted to sit and watch tv and do nothing else. I was just flat emotionally. Psychotropic drugs are heavy duty, so I'd be careful about what I add to that mix alochol and pot wise.
myrosiedog Reviewed by myrosiedog on . Help Needed First off, I'm not sure which forum this should go in (Health or Chemical) so I'll post in both and leave it up to the mods to decide which forums are more appropriate. :) Anyway, on with my problem. I have Obsessive Compulsive Disorder, Tourettes, ADD and most likely several other things that my doctors have not been able to diagnose. I have been fairly heavily medicated since I was 6 (I'm 18 now, 5'11"/180 lbs if that makes a difference) and my prescriptions have been constantly altered Rating: 5