Posted by Ritch on January 7, 2003, at 0:38:05
In reply to Re: Trileptal: any positive experiences??? » Ritch, posted by Vince on January 6, 2003, at 14:34:40
> Mitch, there is a web site that advertizes a kinder gentler "natural" nonprescription lithium for bipolars. It's not supposed to have any side effects. I don't know how it would work for you. I tried it and it seemed to make me a little more depressed.
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> Vince
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> http://www.findserenitynow.com/index.html?1037Thanks Vince, I am aware of these sorts of products. What matters is how many lithium ions makes it into your bloodstream. If you get a serum lithium level while taking something like this it will probably barely register. If the level of lithium ions in your blood isn't adequate enough there will be no therapeutic effect. I knew someone who was BPI about 15 years ago that tried something like this and it did diddly-squat for him. His wife was the one who pushed the idea. I told both of them that he needed to see a psychiatrist about his recurrent manias and told them about lithium (which I was taking at the time), and his wife latched on to this idea of a "lithium vitamin" instead of seeing a shrink and he continued to have his manias. He finally relented and saw a shrink and was put on 1200mg/day. He changed radically. His shrink even asked him if he wanted to reduce the dosage a little to get a "little high", and he refused. He had no side effects at all besides tiredness from the lithium.---Mitch
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