Posted by fluffy on August 31, 2003, at 15:54:09
In reply to Lithium Survey again, posted by BarbaraCat on August 31, 2003, at 14:05:46
Hey Barb-cat--
You may already know this stuff. But I was steered AWAY from Li by my past pdoc. He told me that it caused organ damage and made a crinkled up face, nodding his head "no". So here are my reasons in order of importance.
I resisted Li because:
1) fear of my "fire" being put out (thanks Kay Jamison!)
2) fear of organ damage
3) doctors seemed set on prescribing anti-convulsants first
4) mixed states supposedly respond better to anti-convulsants
5) family history of BP was not CONFIRMED
6) stigma
7) Li seems to have a history of bad compliance, therefore, I thought I might not tolerate it eitherI'd like to add that I think these reasons are a bunch of hooey now.
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