Posted by ronaldo on July 5, 2007, at 14:45:03
In reply to Should I stop taking my medication?, posted by Squiggles on July 2, 2007, at 20:28:22
I've been on Lithium for 30 years. At average dose of 850 mg that is just over 9 kg of the stuff. My dx is also bipolar but only tentatively so. I don't think I could come off the Lithium now. How long have you been on it?
Actually that is less than 9 kg of actual Lithium because most of it is carbonate, LiCO3. So when it comes to pure lithium I have probably only taken about say 1/2 a kg max. I used to know the molecular weights of Carbon and Lithium and Oxygen but have forgotten them all now and can't be bothered to look them up.
Good luck whatever you decide to do.
ronaldo
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