Posted by Tomatheus on February 19, 2016, at 14:47:00
In reply to Suicidal ideation, adding lithium, posted by Tabitha on February 19, 2016, at 0:40:20
> Wish me luck and please share your thoughts on these meds.
I'm not personally a big fan of psychiatric medications based on my experiences with them, but I think that there's clear evidence from both scientific sources and anecdotal sources that psychiatric medications can be beneficial for many of those who utilize such medications. I too understand that lithium can be helpful when it comes to reducing the risk of suicide, and given this, I can see your doctor's logic in prescribing lithium to you. Of course, lithium and other medications (psychiatric and otherwise) are not without risk, and I think it's important that you gather as much reputable information about the risks of the medications that you're taking as possible to keep yourself as informed as you can be. But I think that you did the right thing in telling your spouse and your doctor about the nature of the thoughts that you were having so that something could be done to help lift your mood and to change the direction in which your thoughts seemed to be headed. I hope that the treatment regimen that you're following will work out well for you, and I wish you the best of luck.
Tomatheus
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