Lithium - need info on how it works

Posted by BarbaraCat on January 19, 2003, at 12:04:50

Can anyone provide info on how lithium works? I can no longer take it because of the damage it's doing to my hypothyroid condition. TSH has become dangerously high in the the 1 year I've been on it. I'm BP-II, mixed states (for want of a better diagnosis) and although I'm taking Lamictal, I'm missing lithium very much and am constantly fending off the ever-threatening mixed-states hell. Staying on lithium is not an option because extra thyroid medication isn't helping unless I'm off it.
I know about the other mood stabilizers and will discuss them with my pdoc this week, but would appreciate any bio-chemical theories on how lithium works so I can do my own further research. Thanks much. BarbaraCat

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Lithium - need info on how it works BarbaraCat 1/19/03
Re: Lithium - need info on how it works » BarbaraCat Ritch 1/19/03
Re: Lithium - need info on how it works » Ritch BarbaraCat 1/19/03
Re: Lithium - need info on how it works » BarbaraCat Jumpy 1/19/03
Re: Lithium - need info on how it works » BarbaraCat Ritch 1/19/03
Rich and Jumpy:Lithium how it works BarbaraCat 1/19/03
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Re: Lithium how it works » Jumpy BarbaraCat 1/19/03
Re: Lithium how it works » BarbaraCat Jumpy 1/19/03
Re: Rich and Jumpy:Lithium how it works » BarbaraCat Ritch 1/19/03
Re: Rich and Jumpy:Lithium how it works » Ritch BarbaraCat 1/20/03
Re: Lithium how it works » BarbaraCat Pfinstegg 1/20/03
Re: Rich and Jumpy:Lithium how it works » BarbaraCat Ritch 1/20/03
Re: Rich and Jumpy:Lithium how it works » Ritch BarbaraCat 1/20/03
Re: Lithium how it works » Pfinstegg BarbaraCat 1/20/03
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