New Member-ByeByepolar. Questions on Lithium

ByeByepolar wrote:

Hi,I'm due to start my Lithium wind down on 1st.December(easy to remember?)after tolerating this battery manufacturing poison for more than twenty years.I would not wish to repeat my ordeal again.Thyroid,weight and kidney problems ravage the poor soul on Lithium.Any advice from fellow sufferers please?
Carbamazepine 1000mg
Levothyroxine 125 micro
Mirtazepine 30mg
Priadel 1000mg
Propranolol 40mg
Quetiapine 500mg
Sertraline 100mg
Cheers

Thanks for your reply UA,Psychiatrists ask short questions and expect long answers!Allied to my Bi-Polar I am also living with military founded PTSD.Over the years I have attended many psychiatric institutions including seven years as an out-patient in Izmir,Turkey.I have learnt that the only people that should see a psychiatrist are psychiatrists!After twenty years or so I began to question my medication(in my mind)One was making me very thirsty,I drank more,it kept me awake-or was it PTSD/depression that kept me awake?Or was it Lithium destroying my kidneys?And so it goes on,I have tremours caused by one drug so I'm prescribed a beta blocker?A vicious circle a treadmill that I can't seem to get off.
Any wise thoughts?

lithium is hit and miss i think. i felt nothing on it or after. i live with nocturia, my water work issue, bar this the only kidney problem was just after my double pass. first or second day after surgery when i went into renal failure. agree lithium is toxic. but if we read up on all the meds we take, and i have been just about all of them, then we all would be running around un-medicated and scared out of our heads to take a pill. i always follow dr's advice and that of my body. cheers.

Hi Kkidneys,

Welcome to the forum ! I am glad you joined us.

I hope things will go well with the reducing of the Lithium. It's good that your doc is working with you to create a plan.

Well, welcome again. I hope to learn more about you.

UA