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Old Oct 15, 2011, 06:56 PM
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You posted on the "lithium" thread that you are taking that med, READ THIS-

"Much of the research looking at Lithium withdrawal are concerned with whether the actual process of Lithium discontinuation may result in ‘relapse’, particularly whether manic ‘episodes’ occur sooner than would have theoretically occurred if Lithium had not been started. A study by Stuppes and colleagues (1991) analysed all the studies that had previously aimed to answer this question and found that more than 50% of new ‘episodes’ of illness occurred within 3 months of stopping Lithium treatment. Other research studies have since concluded that there is a high risk of individuals becoming manic once Lithium is withdrawn, especially when withdrawn all at once or over a very short period of time."

AND read this:

http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/11862280
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