Hi,
I am schizoaffective. When I was initially on lithium, I think I took 600mg a day? and I can't remember if it was just at night or twice a day. Anyway, I gained 30 lbs in a little over a month. So, my doc lowered the dose to 300mg (untherauputic) so I could stop gaining weight. I am a 6' woman who originally weighed 140 and went up to 170. While the weight gain stopped, I couldn't lose the extra weight. After 2 years I got put on Geodon with just the lithium, and I lost so much weight and now I weigh 128 (not good I am trying to gain a little weight). However, the Geodon caused me to have panic attacks everyday so I was taken off of the lithium and put on lamictal, but then my psychotic episodes came back. I refuse to be put on another antipsychotic because I don't want to balloon. So, I just got put back on lithium, 150x2 a day when previously I took 300mg at night. I am on this lithium with 80mg of Geodon, and 100mgx2 a day of Lamictal. When I was originally on the low dose of lithium with geode I did not get a single craving or hunger pains. Two days ago I started the lithium again and now I am having severe hunger pains throughout the day that keep me up at night despite eating enough during the day. I'm just ignoring them because I don't want to gain too much weight. And I am aware that I will gain water weight.
Anyway, my biggest concern with the new addition of Lithium is incredible weight gain. I am hoping the hunger pains will go away when I've been on the Lithium for longer, but I am also worried about my metabolism. My doc said lithium doesn't cause that (I don't believe him half the time he doesn't believe my symptoms.) Will this slow down my metabolism? It didn't before, but since I am on it with Lamictal I am having different side effects. I do want to keep on the lithium though because the Geodon-Lithium combo significantly decreased the amount of psychotic episodes I was having. (I was actually able to drive my car!)
I am schizoaffective. When I was initially on lithium, I think I took 600mg a day? and I can't remember if it was just at night or twice a day. Anyway, I gained 30 lbs in a little over a month. So, my doc lowered the dose to 300mg (untherauputic) so I could stop gaining weight. I am a 6' woman who originally weighed 140 and went up to 170. While the weight gain stopped, I couldn't lose the extra weight. After 2 years I got put on Geodon with just the lithium, and I lost so much weight and now I weigh 128 (not good I am trying to gain a little weight). However, the Geodon caused me to have panic attacks everyday so I was taken off of the lithium and put on lamictal, but then my psychotic episodes came back. I refuse to be put on another antipsychotic because I don't want to balloon. So, I just got put back on lithium, 150x2 a day when previously I took 300mg at night. I am on this lithium with 80mg of Geodon, and 100mgx2 a day of Lamictal. When I was originally on the low dose of lithium with geode I did not get a single craving or hunger pains. Two days ago I started the lithium again and now I am having severe hunger pains throughout the day that keep me up at night despite eating enough during the day. I'm just ignoring them because I don't want to gain too much weight. And I am aware that I will gain water weight.
Anyway, my biggest concern with the new addition of Lithium is incredible weight gain. I am hoping the hunger pains will go away when I've been on the Lithium for longer, but I am also worried about my metabolism. My doc said lithium doesn't cause that (I don't believe him half the time he doesn't believe my symptoms.) Will this slow down my metabolism? It didn't before, but since I am on it with Lamictal I am having different side effects. I do want to keep on the lithium though because the Geodon-Lithium combo significantly decreased the amount of psychotic episodes I was having. (I was actually able to drive my car!)
Lithium and metabolism?
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