Posted by Tomatheus on September 24, 2014, at 20:23:10
In reply to Cyclothymia, agitation/cycling, help (please?), posted by Beckett on September 24, 2014, at 19:32:19
Beckett,
I'm sorry to hear about what you're going through with the cycling and agitation. I recall having some success with taurine in keeping my agitation under control prior to the onset of my psychosis, but of course, I'm just one person, so what helped me may not necessarily help you.
One thing I wonder about is what might happen if you were to stop drinking the light licorice tea. With some compounds in licorice having the ability to inhibit the reuptake of serotonin (Ofir et al., 2003), the licorice tea might conceivably be a factor in your cycling. At the same time, it's also possible that the licorice tea might not be doing any harm or that it might also be helping you in some way, but I think that trying to go without the tea (if you'd feel comfortable doing that) might allow you to see if it might be contributing to your cycling in some way.
As far as lithium is concerned, it's my understanding that it's available over the counter in the orotate form, although I think that one of the companies that used to make it has stopped selling it. Still, it can be found at online supplement retailers and probably also at health food stores.
I wish you luck in finding a way to minimize the problems that you're currently having with agitation and cycling, whether or not anything I wrote here ends up helping you in that endeavor. Please let me know if you have any questions about what I've written.
Tomatheus
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REFERENCE
Ofir, R., Tamir, S., Khatib, S., & Vaya, J. (2003). Inhibition of serotonin re-uptake by licorice constituents. Journal of Molecular Neuroscience, 20, 135-40. Abstract: http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/12794307
Has a psychotic disorder with strong chronic fatigue symptoms
Taking Abilify & vitamins B3, C, & D3
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