My doc wants to switch me from Depakote (which is no longer working for me after years on it) to lithium. 

Ngl, I’m absolutely terrified to take the lithium because of the potential side effects…but after reading a lot of the lithium posts in here, y’all have made me feel less anxious about trying it. 

One thing I didn’t see a lot of, or at least not talked about in depth, is taking lithium &amp; Effexor together. 

I’m already taking Effexor &amp; my doc wants me to stay on it &amp; just add the lithium as well. 

THAT scares me because everything I’m reading is saying there’s a “major drug interaction” between the two….?

I do trust my doctor, he’s really taken care of me throughout the years, but I also have A LOT of anxiety around medications in general, so seeing “AVOID” or “MAJOR INTERACTION” is making me pretty scared to take the lithium.