You may wonder, Heather, you take a lot of medication. I bet you get a lot of side effects. Which one bothers you the most?
Well, I take lithium:
For me, Lithium causes nausea, vomiting, and muscle tremors. It causes a lot of fatigue and brain fog. I get a ferocious dry mouth and I urinate a lot. If I reached toxic levels, it would shut down my kidneys and kill me.
I take Haldol:
Haldol gets rid of the nausea and vomiting, but causes a lot of fatigue and brain fog. I get a ferocious dry mouth. Twitching can occur, not with me, and oh, yeah, fatal seizures and heart trouble. It can interact with lithium and cause fatal brain swelling.
I also take Wellbutrin:
Wellbutrin causes headache, nausea, loss of appetite, and dry mouth for me. After I take it, if I'm fighting a headache, I can feel the blood vessels clamping down in my head - ow! It works on dopamine, in part, just like the Haldol. I guess my baseline dopamine production is off. It can also cause fatal seizures. Alcohol use is NOT advised, as it can raise the chance of a fatal seizure.
So, you know what bothers me the most? Well, the nausea did but the Haldol has that, now.
It's the dry mouth. Oh, I always feel like I'm dying of thirst, drinking buckets of water. Constantly thirsty. I drink about one quart a night, just waking up with the dry mouth and drinking out of my water bottle.
It's a small thing, but boy is it annoying, and sanity has to come with a dry mouth.
I will take that over the seizures, thanks!
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Do you use dry mouth toothpastes and mouthwashes? I'm also on haldol, it helps me a bit.
They never worked for me. I drink a lot of water, brush pretty often with Colgate Total, and use sugar free candy at night.
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