Posted by bipolarspectrum on March 28, 2006, at 21:07:21
In reply to Lithium - willit help keep the bottom from falling, posted by jerrympls on March 27, 2006, at 23:01:56
Hi,
Lithium is often a great drug, for bipolar and unipolars... you can tell if lithium will work way faster than lamictal because lamictal has a rash problem, so u have to increase the dose really slowly... in terms of emotional dulling, well, lithium is good at stopping cycling, so without the highs and lows u definately feel less of a range of emotions... but i dont think u really meant that when u said emotional dulling... i can only say that u have to try lithium to find out what it will do for u... but have faith! because both lithium and lamictal are proven drugs which have helped many people, hopefully u!
bps> ..out?
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> I desperately need something to help with unipolar cycling & anxiety/tension. Today everything sank - went into a horrible feeling of dread and painful depression.
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> I've only been on Lithium once - and that was 10-12 years ago and I wasn't on it for long. Might it help?
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> I need something that will work relatively quickly. I know it take time to get Lithium leveled - longer than Lamictal? WHich is more likely to cause emotional flattening? weight gain?
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> What about BuSpar?
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> Anyone with info - please respond.
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> Thanks!
> Jerry
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