Sorry to ask again but who is on lithium here? do you find it helpful on anxiety, on the depression?
I guess my symptoms like alogia, like the inability to think, to feel positive emotions are not sz, but depression and negatives is that right?
I’m on 300 mg of lithium. It helps with depression for me and I’m not sure about anxiety.
When I was on it I made it toxic by drinking huge amounts of alcohol after I took it. The dose required for lithium to be effective is close to the level at which it becomes toxic. You need to drink a lot of water when you take it. I’ve heard that it works on the manic phase of bi-polar before it works on the depressive phase.
Oh, heather, you are on the same dose as me. Its a small dose no? when you say it helped you on the depression, do you also mean that it helped your negatives too?
Crimby, I take tons of water, yeap. and for the moment, I don’t drink alcohol but ill be prudent on it ok 
@crimby Ahhh! I didn’t know I needed to drink a bunch of water with it! When I read that I ran into the kitchen and grabbed a water bottle. Thanks for the heads up!
@Anna1 It is a small dose. My pdoc put me on a small dose because I’m on so many other meds. She is trying to wean me off of a few but needed to start up the lithium because I was making plans for suicide. I would say it helped me with a few of the negatives. I feel more sociable, my attention is better, and I have some interest in doing certain things, but I’m still not doing things that used to make me happy like sewing or reading or playing my French Horn.
Ok, thanks for the answer heather. You are on the good way, it will come I guess. Me, I have almost physical pains because of the depression and I wonder if those pain will stop one day. I am suicidal too. But I am worse than you I guess cause I live in isolation since 15 years and I guess even the ‘‘best’’ med wont help me enough… Pff, for the moment, the lithium is not enough for me…
And yes, take at least 1,5l of water daily, lithium affects kidneys… That’s what I do
Wow. I am NOT drinking enough!
I really hope you feel better soon. It is a bad place to be in.
Well, you can try 1l too. 300 mg is really a small dose.
well, I see some slight progress on lithium but its still small. I don’t expect anything from my Zyprexa anymore, I saw what it makes of me. The problem is that the Zyprexa still smashes me to a point that I cant lead a normal life. I wonder if the lithium will be able to counteract the Zyprexa? How do you think? please, share your opinions… The lithium already calmed down a bit my racing thoughts. But I still have the negatives and the depression. Still just two months that I am on the lithium. Maybe its too soon to tell cause I remained too depressed for many years? I am afraid I wont recover soon with all that I missed… I lived in psychosis for years, I couldn’t even watch the tv for years lol…
that’s all, stay strong and positive, people, that’s what I try to do
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