Posted by linkadge on November 29, 2006, at 16:43:30
In reply to Re: Maybe all drugs are like this » Squiggles, posted by zmg on November 29, 2006, at 15:33:26
I don't know who argued that lithium will make you kill yourself because it does have a documented antisuicide effect.
Infact, lithium and clozapine are the only two psychiatric medications that have a statisically significant proven anti-sucide effect.
>First of all, you *do* get back to normal
>after getting off lithium, but it is very
>painful, for me at least.I'm not saying that everybody who discontinues the drug fails to regain theraputic effect, but it has been documented that some people do fail to regain theraputic effect after discontinuation.
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