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Re: Bipolar Irritability » McPac

Posted by Ron Hill on June 17, 2003, at 20:20:37

In reply to Ron, posted by McPac on June 16, 2003, at 16:26:13

Hi McPac,

> Do you think that if you were to lower your lithium to, say, only 300 mg/day...or even 300 mg/every other day....that your irritability would get much worse?

No. I would become hypomanic but I doubt that irritability would emerge.

> Does increasing your lithium also reduce irritability/anger for you?

No. In fact, there have been times when I thought Lithobid actually made my irritability worse. I'm not so sure that’s true, but lithium certainly does not treat my irritability. YMMV.

However, here is what does work for me. I use 125 mg doses twice or three times a day of niacin for my irritability. Reliable sources tell me that niacinamide is even better than niacin for irritability, so I plan to try niacinamide soon.

-- Ron


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