Posted by linkadge on November 12, 2006, at 19:23:35
In reply to Re: ECT » tensor, posted by blueberry on November 12, 2006, at 17:54:49
Lithium can mess you up. Especially when you combine it with other drugs.
Some have the suspicion that it can cause mild neurological insults over time. Lithium has an excitotoxic properties, and some believe this can manifest over time in bipolars even within the so called theraputic range. Some have theoriezed that lithium can induce brain dammage over time.
Fully read.
http://psycprints.ecs.soton.ac.uk/archive/00000524/
There are two sides to everything you read. For example, ECT induced BDNF increase may not be a good thing. Did you know for example, that the brain increases BDNF in responce to neuronal injury? BDNF is very high after dramatic brain injury. Some think ECT induced BDNF increase is just the brain trying to protect itself. There is a strong devide in the medical comunity over the safety of ECT. My psychiatrist won't administer it, he says he wouldn't be able to live with himself.
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