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Feb 28, 2011, 05:53 PM
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Member Since: Jun 2007
Location: Chicago, Illinois
Posts: 5,518
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Quote:
Originally Posted by lonegael
in general, MAO inhibiters, a type of antidepressant, should NEVER be taken with alcohol, and Lithium should in general not be taken with caffein.
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Good point Lonegael
Back in the 1960s-early 1970s, my mother's official diagnosis was "histrionic woman with a history of hypochondria and alcoholism."
Her treatment regimen to stay off the alcohol and "maintain her balance" was to drink plenty of coffee and take plenty of Lithium. It never cured her amyloidosis or diabetes - it just gave her the diagnosis and label of "lunatic." The professionals were so convincing, they even had US fooled. Even at the end of her life and after she died, I never really believed she had amyloidosis - til I was diagnosed five years after she died. 
Whoever thought it would be FUN for a little girl to walk in her mother's high-heeled shoes - much less the run the "cat walk" or a tightrope in them? I KNEW there was a reason I preferred bare feet!! 
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