stephanas... lithium. Does anyone know how long this drug has been out. Is it very likely to cause large weight gain? Does anybody like it? I know nothing about this drug and its freaking me out. Thanks, Steph
I was just started on Saphris ten doses ago, 5mg at night, in the hopes to stop my geodon and?
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- 9 Feb 2012 by stephanas
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- geodon, bipolar disorder, obesity, post traumatic stress disorder, lithium, weight, schizoaffective disorder, saphris
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babyr05259 Feb 2012
Dear stephanas,
I was on it for a while, and was happy with the results. It's suppose to not make you gain as much weight as the others make you do. At least that is what the doctor told me. Didn't make me feel weird or freaky or anything compared to that. I stopped it because I couldn't afford it. Hope this helps you honey. Love Ruthie
4 Apr 2012
Hi Stephanas
Saphris has only been in this country 2 months, I was the first person on it that my pharmacist knew of.
I am Fairly new to taking saphris. I read so much about it before I actually did. I think the weight gain thing is deffinately possibly. I just make sure I have lots of fruit n vegies available for snacking rather than crap food. Me personally. I feel empty from the moment I open my eyes. Exercise and lots of cold water on hand also. As im sure it is mixed with a form of diuretic I worry about effects it could have on the liver long term. But that's life I guess. It's helped me immensely with my problems. Everynow and then I have to take a double dose, feels like not working. My health fitness n nutrition play a huge role in this.
slattery4 Apr 2012
The consumption of these drugs is all very much subjective; so what I say should not turn you off before you have reached a summary judgement of this drug for yourself.
pegasi94 Apr 2012
Lithium has been around since the cave man days; i.e., a long time. I believe it was at first used exclusively for manic-depressive types. Now, it seems to be used for straight depression as well. It can cause one to swell up -- especially in hot weather. You are supposed to continue using table salt as you were before you started Lithium -- which is another salt. It didn't help my bipolar condition, so the doctor discontinued it. If you don't want to gain weight I wouldn't recommend it. It has other unpleasant side effects as well -- not that you would necessarily have them. Try and work with your M.D. on this.
9 Apr 2012
Thank you everyone :) After two weeks of really sticking it out, I had to go back to my previous regimen after becoming paranoid and depressed. I am down about 8 pounds so I might be reversing the weight gain a bit, which was about 5 lb a month. We have also joined TOPS to aide us in our weight loss journeys.
slattery
9 Apr 2012
All right then Stephanas, so you did answer your own question concerning this drug. You've already lost that amount of weight, which is a substantial amount to lose... so I think you could conclude that Saphris did indeed play a role in your gaining weight. Plus it doesn't sound like it did your condition too much good either, if you became PARANOID and depressed. That's no good! Thanks for sharing your findings with us, it is much appreciated. Kathleen
babyr0525
9 Apr 2012
Dear stephanas,
Well, I wish you nothing but the very best. Nothing but peace and happiness. Take care, and my best wishes to you. Ruth
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Yes pegasi9, I was always sort of glad and relieved that nobody ever tried to push lithium on me. It WAS a godsend to many of those people suffering from bipolar prior to maybe the 1970's... so we shouldn't trash the drug. When they were doing horrible things to bipolar people in the past - dreadful ECT's ((burning people's heads, and leaving them zombies); unconscionable lobotomies (whereby many even died!)... well, this drug really WAS a miracle in stopping all that. Plus the gentleman who discovered it even experimented on himself in using it first! So for this, I'm sure many were grateful, as it was a life-saver in many ways for them.
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And I do think it's to the drugs' credit that to date, it's still a widely accepted and respected drug. I wouldn't be wild about taking it due to the reported weight gain effects among other things; so it's a relief that what I take works for me. But I do think that with all of these drugs, to each their own. I'll bet there are many on here who feel lithium is the most successful for them... so all you can say is that what works great for one, is awful for another. It all seems to depend on how your body and your brain reacts to different sets of chemicals, & we are all so different and unique.