Posted by Squiggles on March 27, 2006, at 19:14:38
In reply to Re: Slow recovery, but from what?, posted by maryhelen on March 27, 2006, at 19:03:59
> Hi Squiggles:
>
> Sorry to hear that you are having such a hard time. I have been away from the boards for a long time because of being so disabled by my depression, so I must say that I do not know your story. As I understand it, you are coming off 900 mg. of lithium and I just hit 900 today. Was your experience with it really awful?
>
> Interesting, sad and maddening story about Stevie Nicks testimonial. Thanks for drawing attention to it.
>
> I do hope things will start to ease up for you soon.
>
> maryhelen
>Hi maryhelen,
I don't recall reading your posts before.
Thank you for your kind wishes. Lithium
is not a problem usually. I hope you like
it. I found it the greatest for depression,
barring the side effects and narrow therapeutic
index.No, I am not coming off lithium - certainly
not after taking for 25 years. I just cut
a bit because i thought it was going toxic
and upon reistatement got severe dyspnea
and cardiac-seeming effects. But, this time
they were so bad, and so intense, like 6
heart attacks a day, that I think i also
cut on my clonazepam dose by mistake.Stevie Nicks is known to have said that
getting off K is harder than heroin. And
when I tried I did not succeed.Good luck with the lithium - it *is* used
for unipolar so it might work.Squiggles
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