Side effects of lithium?

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Registered: 04-04-2006
Side effects of lithium?
Mon, 01-22-2007 - 9:29am

Hello everyone,

It's been a long time since I've posted last. Here it goes. I was seeing someone that I felt and still feel very special to me. Unfortunately as I last posted about a year ago, she was diagonosed with having the Bipolar Disorder. Although mild as I was told, the person I knew has changed since she was diagnosed and now taking lithium. We used to be very intimate before she was diagnosed and thought that we were on our way to a wonderful and sharing relationship. Now after being diagnosed, intimacy is a thing of the past. What are the sexual side effects of lithium specifically to a woman? Prior to her diagnosis, we couldn't keep our hands off of each other. Now she avoids it, atleast with me. Please let me know what's going on. There has been many occassions that we could've reconnected but seem to go our separate ways after a nice evening of dinner or movies. I am trying to hang on and now I'm not too sure.