u/dogluver664

I’ve been on 600mg lithium for about 8 months. During this time, I’ve noticed a lot of potential side effects and I’m wondering if other people experience similar ones. I’ve been experiencing exercise intolerance, shortness of breath and excessive sweating when doing light exercise, extreme water retention/swelling all over, hair loss/shedding, bad constipation and sore muscles. I’m probably forgetting some. But yeah its been awful. I have continued to take it because i also take adderall and I initially assumed thats what was causing all of this, but i have been off adderall for a couple weeks and no change. So i’m 99% sure its the lithium. These side effects were not noticeable when i was taking 300mg. Has anyone else dealt with this?