Posted by Dan_MI on April 19, 2010, at 10:35:28
In reply to Re: Adjusting to lithium??? » Roslynn, posted by floatingbridge on April 11, 2010, at 13:27:35
It took 2 years for me to almost zero Lithium side effects. Now I take it on an empty stomach with impunity. I got through those first two years with caffeine pills and taking it with food. Also, V-8 juice or electrolyte pills lessen side effects.
The adjustment is worth it. Lithium preserves your brain. Mental illness is a degenerative disorder and lithium breaks the cycle.
No pharmaceutical companies can patent it because it is an element, so it is largely ignored by the industry-funded research complex.
Slog through it; you will need fewer medications 20 years from now.
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