Posted by francesco on February 2, 2004, at 13:55:26
In reply to Re: newbie on lithium ... please help, posted by Toph on February 2, 2004, at 13:02:10
"Lithium was first described as a psychiatric drug in 1949 by an Australian psychiatrist, John Cade. According to a psychiatric textbook: “While conducting animal experiments, Cade had somewhat incidentally noted that lithium made the animals lethargic, thus prompting him to administer this drug to several agitated psychiatric patients.”
In my humble opinion a person get manic always for a particul reason and get depressed for a particul reason. All this crap about brain-chemistry is fascinating but it's not demonstrable. I suspect I prefer thinking that I a have brain chemistry problem because I'm not able to face real life (and my own limits) without meds. A friend of mine is on heroin for the same reason. Am I better than him because I get prescriptions for the stuff I'm taking ? Or because my drug is less dangerous ? What about the pain I feel when I see myself behaving in a different way with my friends because I feel dumbed by meds ? Is there a med for that ?
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