Lithium!

I'm on Lithium, and I only get the shakes when I go off of it. I am constantly thirsty though. And sometimes I can't sit still for very long, but I am happy to hear your insurance company started paying again. Insurance are like men, you can't live with them, you can't live without. (But I like men a whole lot better than insurance companies) : )

my son was on lithium for @ 7 months, as you may remember. He did reach a point were his levels were where they should have been; when there are not supposed to be any more side effects....but he used the constant "shaking" to get attention from others/ sympathy. He could turn it on and off at the drop of a hat. as far as I know, the shakes are only a side effect until you reach the proper level in the blood stream, then they stop.

I didn't have any problems when I was on lithium, not on it right now due to no insurance, however my sister has had trouble. She gets the shakes after she's been on the medication for some time. They had to put her on anti-seziure medicine to help with it when it gets really bad. That helped to stop the shaking. She had to go off her medication for a while due to having to switch doctors and during that time she had no shakes what so ever. Some people are more sensitive to the side effects then others is all it amounts to. My neice who is also on it never had any side effects and does quite well. It all depends on the person.

Yes I had tremors on lithium as well..they lessened after I took it awhile but other health problems kept me from being able to continue taking it.