Posted by iladvocate on September 15, 2008, at 12:49:47
In reply to Re: Glycine as Antipsychotic - JEREON !!!!!, posted by Jeroen on September 15, 2008, at 12:28:45
> hi thanks, i just read it, im about to give lithium a try first,
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> do you feel great with glycineIt depends on what it is for. Glycine is for use as an antipsychotic. Lithium is a mood stabilizer. Glycine would not be used for bipolar disorder unless the person had bipolar with psychotic features. Lithium is still used as a mood stabilizer but has a lot of severe side effects including cognitive confusion, severe weight gain and sedation. Also there are monthly required bloodtests. Many psychiatrists will not use Lithium for after 10 years because the potential of long term kidney damage leading to kidney failure which has happenned to 5 people I know. Many psychiatrists prefer to start a person with Lamictal which except for the 1 in a thousand potential of a rare rash is effective and much safer. If you want to know more about Lamictal as an alternative or the long term side effects of Lithium or what are the reccommended mood stabilizers start or join a thread about that. Glycine has proven effective enough in recovery as an antipsychotic that my psychopharmocologist stated to the director of a major psychiatric hospital that my recovery on glycine was "as good as or better than any FDA approved medication as an antipsychotic". I provided testimony at a major psychiatric hospital, the first to research Clozaril in the United States and they are researching glutamate antagonists at that hospital and my case study will be written up in a psychiatric journal. So far they have not been studied as mood stabilizers though.
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