Learn to manage bipolar medication side effects such as weight gain, drowsiness, and brain fog with lifestyle changes and ...

Medically reviewed by Lindsay Cook, PharmD Key Takeaways Lithium can cause side effects like diarrhea, hair loss, and weight ...

Lithium may cause anterograde amnesia, slightly slowed motor movement, and diminished creativity; however, those symptoms could be associated with bipolar disorder itself as opposed to lithium use.

Lithium carbonate and valproate sodium are each recommended as monotherapy for preventing relapses in patients with bipolar disorder and are sometimes used in combination. However, combination therapy ...

Changes Clinical Practice: Based on this large trial, lithium alone or a lithium-valproate combination should be used as first-line maintenance treatment for bipolar affective disorder type I instead ...

It is an irony that although lithium is not FDA approved as an augmentation strategy for treating depression, there is prob ...

Those who take lithium or antidepressants are particularly vulnerable to this summer's heat wave. Patients and physicians alike must be aware of these risks to mitigate their impact, experts say. The ...

This is the fifth post in a series on non-pharmacologic treatments of bipolar disorder. Previous posts briefly reviewed the evidence for amino acids, the B vitamin choline, and a proprietary nutrient ...

Licensed as a psychiatric nurse practitioner more than 20 years ago, I thought I’d never need or want to prescribe lithium. Old school, I thought. A 1950s drug; we have much better now. It’s true, ...