Posted by Lebowski on December 23, 2003, at 13:55:59
In reply to Lithium deficiency?, posted by Simian on December 20, 2003, at 16:34:12
If you are going to consider taking Lithium of any sort, I highly recommend doing it under the supervision of a psychiatrist. If you take the wrong dosages, you can contract Lithium poisoning which is a very serious and often fatal condition. You have to have your Lithium levels monitored via blood testing and they must be between a certain range for it to be therapeutic. Anything above is extremely dangerous and anything below is of no benefit at all.
I have been taking Lithium Carbonate since July of this year for bipolar disorder. Lithium is most often used for bipolar because it tends to keep you from swinging back and forth between total mania and severe depression. I still get depressed and ocassionally I feel that burst of mania coming on, but for the most part it is under control. It works, but you have to use it under the care of a physician.
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