Re:Is forced treatment for the mentally ill ever humane?
by Melatonic on Tuesday December 20, 2022 @05:22PM
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What kind of lithium do you take? I have heard that the prescribed doses can be pretty sedating or brutal but there are also people advocating for very tiny doses of lithium in a different form that is similar to what is found in some natural wells. Could be completely pseudoscience but it seemed interesting
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Re:Is forced treatment for the mentally ill ever humane?
by kdmccormick on Tuesday December 20, 2022 @06:38PM
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Lithium carb pills, at the lower end of the standard therapeutic range. There are a range of side effects, luckily for me not severe enough to impact my day to day--the most noticable one is just being thirsty all the time. We'll see if that stays true as I age, though... kidney damage is a big risk down the road.
And yup, there's some newer research about the long term benefits such as lowering alzheimer's risk, which is a nice silver lining :) My doctors have mentioned it, so probably not pseudoscience.