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Hello. Well d progress can be assessed by the mood changes and behaviour of the patient. His sleep n family interactions. But lithium is a drug with low safety margin. Regular blood tests particularly platelet count etc are imp. Do keep in touch.

You can take all kinds of nuts and dry fruits. That has nothing to do with your medication. Take plenty of fruits also.

Dear lybrate-user,
Insomnia may be an early warning sign of mania or a symptom of depression. If the cause is treated, then you can sleep well. You may not need a separate treatment for insomnia. You are already taking alprax 0.5 mg which also serves as a sedative. There can be other causes for insomnia. Those need to be looked into. Please follow up with your psychiatrist.

To reduce weight you should check your cal intake, it should be between 1000-1200 avoid hot, spicy, fried and junk food concentrate more on fruits and veggies eat light and digestible food eat every 2 hrly eat healthy and balanced diet.

Dear Zeeshan,
Nice to know that you feel better with lithium and lamotrigine.
Lithium is time tested effective tablet for bipolar disorder, especially for hypomania.
Constipation is NOT a side effect of lithium. On the other hand, lithium being a salt causes loose motions in few persons. Find other causes for constipation and settle them continuing lithium.
Hair fall is due to Depakote that you have taken before one month. NOT due to lithium. It will settle down by itself. Otherw...more

Good morning mam, if you have any kind of health issues then pls don't use any pills or supplements without consulting a good physician. Some medicines are not healthy to use whether it may be for short time period long time period, there r certain harmful side effects those medicines causes later after leaving using them. So always follow a natrual way for getting rid off any kind of health issues, you need to have a proper diet with regular exercise in your daily routine mam.

Hello Lybrate User Bernadine is vitamin B6 and does not have any major interaction with Lithium however since Lithium is in dose of 1200 mg per day you need periodic monitoring to avoid toxicity.

Dear lybrate-user: Lithium carbonate should only be taken under close supervision of a physician. It is easy to get toxicity and thyroid and kidney tests should be done regularly as long term use of lithium use. Also, there is no scientific evidence that lithium helps with OCD. There are several safe medications that can help with OCD.

dear better consult the doc who prescribed lithium med to you . he will guide u better as he knows full history

Dear lybrate-user,
Lithium carbonate is a simple salt. It does not irritate the stomach too much if you got used to it, say after 1-2 weeks. You can even take it afternoon and night. After few months of getting used to the drug, you can take all 600 mg at night itself so that you will not forget.
During the day you tend to postpone taking the tablet and may forget also. So take it in such a way that you will not forget.
Only when you go for blood test to know the serum lithium level,...more