Posted by SLS on July 12, 2009, at 7:46:30
In reply to Re: Going back to old-school - lithium. » SLS, posted by ricker on July 3, 2009, at 19:14:35
> Wouldn't that be a kick in the butt if, after having tried countless exotic treatments, it turns out that lithium ended up being the last key necessary to unlock the cage door?
No such luck.
Lithium stopped helping me after three days had passed. I had been feeling significantly improved.
I wonder what this three-day remission thing is all about with me. It doesn't matter what I take or how much of it I take. Like clockwork, when something triggers an antidepressant response, it always poops-out after three days.
Does three days ring a bell for anyone? What physiological process takes three days to occur?
I wonder if this is hypothalamus stuff. Bipolar disorder seems to be oscillatory, especially when one looks at ultra-rapid cyclers. I was an ultra-rapid cycler for a number of years prior to my first exposure to lithium. Lithium took away my upswings and left me in a state of severe depression. My 11 day cycle had been comprised of 8 days of depression followed by 3 days of euthymia. There's that three-day thing again.
- Scott
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