Posted by Lily777 on May 9, 2016, at 17:02:38
In reply to Can lithium carbonate cause anger/rage?, posted by TriedEveryDrug on December 20, 2009, at 8:49:21
> Started taking Li, 150mg... day 3, nothing else.
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> I notice I extremely angry at things that have happened in the past. It's weird.
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> I'm not like this at all when I take nothing.
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> My GF is convinced it is the Li. I had a similar reaction on Lamictal.
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> ThanksHi, I know this thread is old, however, I am experiencing this too on low dose lithium. It is the only drug I am taking, and I am on a low dose of 300mg per day and I have been taking it 8 months. I didn't realize the lithium was causing the rage at first because it is known to calm people, not make them insanely angry, but alas, after several almost uncontrollable bouts of uncharacteristic rage, yelling and headaches induced by the anger, I finally realized its the meds. I am going to stop it. It was the only thing I was willing to try for my condition, and honestly, before I realized it was causing the rage, I was mostly happy with the results..
I'm going to try a holistic approach next. I know it won't be as effective as medication, but it also won't have all the dangerous side effects associated with them either and considering we don't even understand how any of these meds work, I'm just not willing to roll the dice. Its too much of a gamble and a nightmare roller coaster ride trying to find the right "cocktail" of meds and finding them before you permanently damage yourself. Its such a shame.. all these medical advancements we have today, and the industry is still in pretty much in the dark regarding the nervous system.. and its us patients who have to suffer. Its just not fair. No wonder why so many people with mental illness commit suicide. I think only half of it is the illness, and the other half the fact that it seems little or nothing can be done to truly help us. I know I'm fed up, and I haven't even really begun with this illness, and I've already lost hope in the doctors, the meds, with all of it. No one has any idea how to treat me except with a "try and see" approach with medication they can't even explain what it does to me internally or how it works, and in no other branch of medicine would that ever be an acceptable form of treatment. I just can't do this anymore.
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