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Re: For Katia » Larry Hoover

Posted by tealady on August 22, 2003, at 18:14:21

In reply to Re: For Katia » katia, posted by Larry Hoover on August 19, 2003, at 20:20:24

>Yes. It made me totally apathetic. I had no emotions whatsoever, and I could not finish a sentence I started, my memory was so poor. I'd simply forget what I was talking about. I couldn't spell, had trouble writing.....It was horrid, and I became very suicidal

I haven't tried Lithium myself...but those symptoms are similar to the ones I have when I consider my problem is too hypo..as in hypothyroid. Of course, everything is linked and it is more than thyroid going on.
The suicide thoughts for me, I believe are no problem ..as I feel like that at the same time that I am completely wiped out, and can only lie,(anyone know why the foetal position feels so comforting during these times?) and drift in and out of some kind of semi-conscious sleep(feels like that) everything is too much of an effort..even lifting a finger, and to commit a suicide means you have to be able to finish a thought, think things thru and remember them ..then act them out..all pretty much impossible.
Unfortunately the finishing the sentence, finding the word you want to say, and spelling etc. ...some of the things I am still sruggling with...all typical "hypothyroid" symptoms according to the hundreds on forums.
It is perhaps a coincidence, but a significant percentage of folks from the US on the hypo board have been on lithium and were labelled bipolar...
I know, no conclusons here..but I think there is some link
My brother about 5 years ago also had similar symptoms..but he had an excellent physiciatrist and was treated successfully with high doses of a mix of pdrugs..now he is functioning, and slowly withdrawing form the frugs..while I am still struggling. Of course, we are all individual.
Jan


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