Posted by Squiggles on November 6, 2005, at 20:38:52
In reply to Re: effexor is supposed to have opiod effects..., posted by linkadge on November 6, 2005, at 20:29:02
> My lithium dose (this time around) was 600mg, although I have been as high as 1500mg (for 7 months)
>Doctors tend to start you high (1200mg) esp.
if you are manic, and lower it after 6 months,
given blood stability monitoring.I take 900mg - anything more would be toxic
now and anything less (judging by my unlucky
break with the pharmaceutical supplier) would
be catastrophic.I have read that lithium (in itself or as
an adjunct is give for unipolar) but I have
not seen it work in some of my friends.
I think it would work in acute severe depression
to lift you out of it -- after that, I don't
know - unipolar and bipolar brains may be
different.> My diagnosis is unipolar depression (by most doctors) and bipolar disorder by 2 doctors.
Diagnosis is not an easy thing right now -
maybe future neurologic correlations will
solve that. I now *know* I am bipolar by
the serendipitous mistate made by the pharmacy --
no mistaking it. Before that, even one of my doctors was unsure.
>
> I weigh about 140 pounds.900mg lithium should do it.
>
> Thyroid is good.Hypo or hyper is important for lithium dosing.
Squiggles
>
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