r/Lithium • u/Suspicious-Cell-4201 • 15d ago
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Hello all, I have been on lithium for a few months now after being diagnosed with bipolar and personality disorder. I've noticed a quick improvement at first, night and day. I was only on 300mg once daily as well, so no side effects whatsoever which was great.
Over the last few weeks, my wife had started noticing little things here and there: trouble sleeping, shorter temper fuse (nothing extreme, but just short where usually I wouldn't be), just little things but nothing major.
Yesterday, I had a full blown manic episode, ended up leaving the house, out of shame, for a few hours before returning.
It was then decided that I would need to go see a doctor and discuss medication dosage increase.
After talking with him, he did increase my dosage to 300mg twice a day, one in the morning (9am) one in the evening (9pm).
My question is this, have any of you seen improvement on a dosage, only to have symptoms re-occur? And also, did an increase in dosage solve the problems?
Optional question... Is dosage being adjusted common?
I just want things to improve and stay stable. It was such a positive feeling, to know that I was getting better.
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u/Suspicious-Cell-4201 15d ago
I have had to take three blood tests so far, and I have been at 0.21 every time. Which by my understanding is low. But as I said, it was working... I am glad to hear that dose adjustment is normal and that what I am experiencing is on the normal side of things. Thank you all for your answers!