Posted by jms600 on January 6, 2004, at 17:29:10
In reply to I SPOKE TO DOC HE SAID TO ASK YOU ALL..., posted by crazychickuk on January 5, 2004, at 17:44:29
I've never heard of anti-psychotics causing psychosis nor have I heard of Lithium causing depression. I checked the BNF and it certainly didn't mention anything about Lithium causing depression, but it did include lethargy and "sluggishness" as side effects.
Lithium is given to help both manic episodes and bouts of deep depression. A friend of mine suffers from BP1 and has been hospitalized several times due to it before she tried Lithium. She has been on Lithium and a low dose of Stelazine (an anti-psychotic) for a few years now and hasn't looked back since!
If I were you, I'd certainly insist on seeing another P/doc, the one you are with at the moment sounds as if she should be struck off!!
Best wishes.
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