Posted by Ritch on January 19, 2003, at 13:23:21
In reply to Lithium - need info on how it works, posted by BarbaraCat on January 19, 2003, at 12:04:50
> Can anyone provide info on how lithium works? I can no longer take it because of the damage it's doing to my hypothyroid condition. TSH has become dangerously high in the the 1 year I've been on it. I'm BP-II, mixed states (for want of a better diagnosis) and although I'm taking Lamictal, I'm missing lithium very much and am constantly fending off the ever-threatening mixed-states hell. Staying on lithium is not an option because extra thyroid medication isn't helping unless I'm off it.
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> I know about the other mood stabilizers and will discuss them with my pdoc this week, but would appreciate any bio-chemical theories on how lithium works so I can do my own further research. Thanks much. BarbaraCatHi, here's a few links I came up with. hope this helps:
http://archpsyc.ama-assn.org/issues/v57n1/ffull/ylt0100-2.html
http://www.clinicaltrials.gov/ct/gui/show/NCT00026585?order=23
http://www.chinspirations.com/mhsourcepage/moleculartargets.html
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