Posted by SLS on November 14, 2022, at 21:07:04
In reply to Re: Back to the properties of low-dosage lithium: » SLS, posted by Roslynn on November 14, 2022, at 14:28:35
> Dear Scott,
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> Thank you so much for your help. Unfortunately, I continued to have poor kidney function numbers even at the low dose of 150mg of lithium so my doctor took me off it altogether.
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> I'm not sure why my kidneys reacted like this but they are slowly recovering.
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> Maybe Depakote will help me some; I have a parent with bipolar I.
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> Thank you for all the information and I'm glad you are still doing well.
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> Best,
> RoslynnI'm always thinking on your behalf. I am *very* glad to hear that your kidneys are recovering.
I forgot - What was the story with lamotrigine (Lamictal)? For (bipolar) depression, most people find 200 mg/day to be ideal. However, lamotrigine is not an all-or-nothing agent. I had a partial response to 200 mg/day that was stable. However, 300 mg/day was a home run.
I am very sad at this moment. I remember my life before remission. I remember the altered state of consciousness that depression was for me. All mental illnesses are altered states of consciousness. Being drunk is an altered state of consciousness.
Depression was a hideous thing to wake up to every morning and to go to bed with every night.
I have survivor's guilt.
- ScottSome see things as they are and ask why.
I dream of things that never were and ask why not.The only thing necessary for the triumph of evil is that good men do nothing.
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