Posted by undopaminergic on December 12, 2020, at 12:21:16
In reply to Re: lithium and lamictal, posted by Lamdage22 on December 12, 2020, at 11:52:58
> Right. Lithium is unique though because it is the only med that is proven to prevent suicide to a significant degree. And you don't need much to achieve that outcome. Or is there another med like that, that I am not aware of?
>There is nothing quite like lithium.
But if you ask me, personally, I used to find stimulants dramatically effective. From lying in bed, apathetic, thinking about ways to kill myself, within 5-15 minutes of a dose of a stimulant, I was feeling that life was interesting and getting involved in doing stuff -- at least *thinking* interesting, constructive (and indeed non-suicidal) thoughts, but often reading and writing, even getting active on forums like this.
It's been years since I used stimulants, but haven't been suicidal for years, either. Currently I'm benefitting from trimipramine.
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