Posted by francesco on February 2, 2004, at 13:39:21
In reply to Re: newbie on lithium ... please help, posted by Toph on February 2, 2004, at 13:02:10
> In my experience Li has made no descernable alteration of cognition, only mood, and only exteme mood swings at that.
Lithium changed my way to relate with people from the very first day. Every drug change your personality, by definition, and I don't know if I want mine changed by meds. That's all. I don't know if other people can do well on meds ...
After all, its a simple salt, not some complicated molecule.
Sorry, this doesn't mean anything. A simple molecule that affect your brain in a way you don't know know, is not better that a complicated molecule.
You may have physiological side effects, diarrhea, dry mouth, etc. But if you are truely bi-polar - and from your longing for your manic life you probably are - it coulod save your life.
I don't know if I'm a truly bipolar because I don't know what bipolar means. The only extreme mood reactions I had were on coincidence with taking meds or quitting them. My psychiatrist admitted that my mood swing can be dued to the antidepressants I've taken (I've been prescribed). I think also that my mood swings are a reaction to my doubts, like what to do with my life. I'm depressed when I think about the fact I'm trapped in a career I can't follow without meds, and I'm happy when I manage not to think about it for a while, staying with friends and so on. Of course, there are possibile explainations, but if nobody can manage to demonstrate me I have an illness I have a lot of problems in accepting the so-called cure. That's all, sorry for my aggressive tone, it was not intented to hurt you. I'm just angry, because it's been ten years I've taken meds and I'm going nowhere. There must be an explaination for the fact that I can feel real pleasure in staying with others only when I'm not medicated. I don't want to accept a false life anymore, I rather prefer to suffer from 'real' pain.
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