Posted by SLS on December 18, 2012, at 17:49:39
In reply to Re: Is Lithium Catching Up To Me?? » brynb, posted by Phillipa on December 18, 2012, at 8:54:39
> Bryn I didn't realize that it could be related to lithium. I tend to agree with you. Have you searched lithium for strange side effects? Phillipa
Where would one find information about strange side effects of lithium?
Thyrotoxicity induced by chronic use of high dosages of lithium is not an uncommon occurrence, unfortunately. However, it is dosage-dependent and time-dependent. Although high dosages of lithium are necessary to exert antimanic and mood stabilizing effects in bipolar disorder, low dosages retain the neuroprotective and neurotrophic effects, and can act to augment antidepressants when treating unipolar depressive disorders. Low dosages (150 mg/day) of lithium might also prevent or retard the development of Alzheimer's Dementia; a disease for which depressive disorders increase the risk of occurrence by a factor of 3. This is the main reason why I continue to take lithium 300 mg/day. I might attempt to lower the dosage to 150 mg/day, but this dosage is generally too low to have an antidepressant effect.
- Scott
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