Posted by linkadge on November 29, 2006, at 16:49:58
In reply to Re: Maybe all drugs are like this » Squiggles, posted by zmg on November 29, 2006, at 15:33:26
For instance, I had a good antidepressant effect from lithium alone, the first trial, but when I restarted it, I was never able to regain that same antidepressant effect.
Infact, on subsquent trials the drug seemed to induce rage/irritability reactions.
Dr. Manjii, a cellular biologist studies the cellular actions of mood stabilizers. He commented that lithium may be good for the "early" stages of kindling, wherase valproate may be better for the later stages of kindling.
So, if the disease progesses, lithium alone may be insufficiant. I think Manjii commnents too on the possability of lithium loosing its effect if discontuned too many times or not taken consistently.
My psychiatrist, the chief psychiatrist at Waterloo Univeristy, Ontario, Canada, made that exact comment. When I told him that my use of lithium was periodic, he said "don't take it that way, cause there is the possability that it will stop working".
So, its not complete B.S. But that doesn't mean it happens to everbody.
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