Posted by morgan miller on August 4, 2011, at 11:52:49
In reply to Re: unsure about dropping eskalith (lithium), posted by Preventa on August 4, 2011, at 6:16:11
Preventa, almost everyone should consider taking fish oil, especially those of us with mental illness. I we all ate things like wild alaskan salmon and sardines 4 times a week, we wouldn't need to supplement, but this is not the case for the majority of people out there.
You've been taking a high dose of lithium for quite a while now. I'm surprised nobody ever mentioned the possibility of drugs like lithium depleting certain essential micronutrients. Basically, over the years, you may have body may have been deficient in some nutrients that are causing hairloss, and potentially other health issues down the road. This type of neglect by doctors is one reason why I think the field of medicine is in a sad sad state.
Did I mention that I now take 250 mg Depakote, 240 mg lithium orotate, 100 mg Zoloft(sertraline), and 2.5 mg Lexapro? I have bipolar I. I'm doing pretty good right now, despite having other things going on with my health, things I'm working on. Just trying to make the point that with time, diet, exercise, supplementation, friends and family, and good hard emotional work in therapy, some of us with bipolar can get away from more conventional treatments that can do more harm than good in the long run.
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