LITHIUM Waight problem

Good day.

Hello, I am new on this forum. I recently starting on Lithium and I am putting on waight. I am eating a lot with out thinking mutch off it. The medication is doing well for me but soon I will meet my psychiatrist and I wanna talk about this.

Do you have something to say about this?
Do you know something that work for you with similar problem?
Have you any experience with some depression medication to loose waight on.

I have heard of topamax and wellburtun.
Any experience with that? Or some others,?

I best regards

Same happened to me on depakote. My appetite was through the roof. Decided to switch to Trileptal which has stabilized me. It has OTHER side effects. But for now I can live with them. Watch what you’re eating is all I can say.

Lithium didn't give me this problem, but other ones did. I take wellbutrin, it didn't counteract the weight issues, but it did give me help with the depression mood swings. Wellbutrin is actually supposed to help you lose weight. That's what I heard anyway. You'd have to ask your doctor about this. Good luck! I know how hard it is to be on all these meds that do help you, but have side effects such as these.

Lithium didn't affect my weight very much, but right now I'm on 3 meds that all cause weight gain and am struggling with it. Definitely bring it up to your pdoc because there are some meds you can take to counteract it (topamax, wellbutrin, metformin)