Eskalith and blood sugar

I've been on Eskalith for little over 4 months now... I am afraid of my blood sugar rising but... my doctor hopes I'm off of the medication in a year or so (I don't quite believe that). I take 450 2x a day and I have very very bad stomach aches if I do not eat something after I take it. I'm also tired and sometimes dizzy but that could be from my Triliptal also.

user beware!!!!!!!!! bipolar disorder runs in my family, i unfortunately inherited this vicious disease. i was on eskalith 300 mg. 3 times a day. over time the drug did calm down my manic episodes, but as time went on for it took more than a year. my blood sugar started going up, and my triglycerides also went up. my triglicerides shot up too 723 and my blood sugar went up all the way to 496, yes that is correct. to make a long story short, they took me off the eskalith, to try to lower my blood sugar, it has gone down from 496 to about 206. never any lower than 206. thanks to eskalith i'm now a type 2 diabetic, the damage has been done!!!!!!!! there is no reversal of the symptons. i believe the fda should take more time before granting pharmaceutical companies like smithkline the go ahead to put a drug like this on the market. it is not about making money at the expense of the patient, it is about caring for the patient and trying to make him well.

sincerely:

charlie