Posted by Squiggles on November 29, 2006, at 17:00:08
In reply to Re: Maybe all drugs are like this, posted by linkadge on November 29, 2006, at 16:43:30
> I don't know who argued that lithium will make you kill yourself because it does have a documented antisuicide effect.
Yes it is stated in many articles and books, that
mania or depression returning upon discontinuation, can lead to suicide. And I would not argue with that. My question is, how much longer than other drugs that might happen, how much more often. In my experience it took six months to reach manic depression -- that is a pretty good competitive anti-suicidal effect.
So, i am referring to discontinuation or fluctuation in dose.
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> Infact, lithium and clozapine are the only two psychiatric medications that have a statisically significant proven anti-sucide effect.
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> >First of all, you *do* get back to normal
> >after getting off lithium, but it is very
> >painful, for me at least.
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> I'm not saying that everybody who discontinues the drug fails to regain theraputic effect, but it has been documented that some people do fail to regain theraputic effect after discontinuation.Well, this is the interesting point -- is this discontinuation the same, and also taking into account the cyclical nature of manic depression, are we comparing apples and oranges?
Squiggles
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