Posted by Dan_MI on July 2, 2010, at 14:57:31
In reply to Bipolar Spectrum, posted by stargazer2 on July 2, 2010, at 11:47:55
A lot of doctors don't like lithium because it requires lab work and it's fatal if overdosed.
Anyone who is suicidal should take lithium. It's the only drug proven to prevent suicide. I haven't been suicidal in 15 years. It's easy to forget how close to death I was.
Mood swings, even when they are unipolar, can occur much less frequently with lithium.
The first day I took lithium I experienced a sense of huge relief.
> Has anyone been told they have this condition and what does it mean????
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> I recently was put on Lithium for severe suicidality and low and behold I becam manic on it. My doc increased the dose from 300 to 900 along with Nardil at 45 mg.
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> I am wondering if because I have had TRD, that I have had no success on AD's for very long except NArdil, that perhaps I could have been helped many years ago by being put on Lithium.
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> Anyone else relate to this? Although I do not think I am truly bipolar, my depression has been marked with severe mood swings and no stability for many years.
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> Why does the doctor I have been seeing for 20 years misssomething like this. I am angry as the last 10 years of my life have been horrible.
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