
What Causes Brain Fog While On Lithium?

Delayed Reply
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Good evening XXXXXXX
Sorry for the late reply. Was out of town...
PS: Must thank you for your reviews..keeps me motivated to do the right thing.
As for the thinking and focus, It has a lot to do with your disease and plus the whole lot of medicines you are on...Keep doing your meditation and yoga, it does help. B 12 can have a good effect. I am not sure how additional help it will do. If you take non veg food, you already will have sufficient B 12 unless some malabsorption is happening. Dont add any more medicines to the already big list...
Yeah everyone in the family is ok. Daughter had a mild infection, better now..Gives us a hard time in taking her meals...phew
HOpe your CBT is going well
Take care
REgards
Dr Naval


Additional medicines
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Good evening XXXXXXX
Thanx, my daughter is better now...The pollution here gets to everyone at times.
Well, yes lot of vitamins and the neccessary medicines..Everyone does interact somewhere or the other. My suggestion would be to consult your physician first before taking these drugs off. As midodrine is used for orthostatic hypertension, so you may wanna take it off slowly.
As for the supplements, I never ask my patients to take it beyond 3 months. I always tell them to supplement it in their diet cause natural foods have the best and richest supplements. So that is another way of cutting down on medicines.
With CBT, I am a bit clueless...Cant advise you much on it...But as long as you are absorbing something good out of it, it is good...
SO next step is to reduce the medicines to minimum
Do let me know for more queries
Regards
Dr naval


Delayed Reply
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Good evening XXXXXXX
sorry for Late reply. Was out of town and had this whole festive season going on here...
Yeah, little bit of brain fog does come with age. It is not a medical term , but a part of it does come with medicines/age/and even with diabetes...And also as a part of CFS. Nothing you should be worried about...
I hope you are keeping well and coping up well...good we are off lithium at least
Do let me know for more queries
Regards
Dr naval


Vitamin B 12
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Good evening XXXXXXX
I replied a bit late as I thought you would have started your Vitamin b 12 supplements by now and may have a little bit effect of them.
Dont lose the battle...You should meet Dr XXXXXXX once more and see if he wants to adjust your medications as they may have reached the point of saturation where they are not making you any better. So either we increase some dose or change some medicine.
Dont delay it and let the old stage come back
DO let me know if any further queries
REgards
Dr Naval


Vitamin B 12
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Good evening
Hey XXXXXXX .Wish you happy bday and many happy returns of the day...Have a great day and year ahead..
Well, I am glad you are feeling good now...Didnt know B 12 can make such a difference to the memory and brain fog...But thats good it is working for you and you are feeling as good as needed...I think you can eventually cut down on medicines which are not working for you...I think you know it best which one is helping you and which one aint...
I have been good...Just occupied with lot of work and studies...
Keep feeling good XXXXXXX ..
Good to see you excited
Take care
Regards
Dr Naval

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