A 43-year-old female asked:
How fast can i titrate off lithium?
2 doctor answers • 5 doctors weighed in
Dr. Benjamin Dobbeckanswered
Clinical Psychology 21 years experience
Be careful: Reducing the dose of any medication needs to handled by the prescribing caregiver. If the lithium is being used for mood stability due to a bipolar diagnosis, a different mood stabilizer would most likely need to take its place. The best and safest approach is to see your caregiver or give them a call.
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Dr. Mitchell Cohenanswered
Psychiatry 37 years experience
Slow Taper: Discontinuation relapse of mania or depression clearly happens with lithium, especially if stopped quickly. This discontinuation relapse is well documented in many prospective studies. If there is a clinical reason to discontinue lithium, it should be discontinued with gradual reductions of dose under supervision of your physician.
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