Hamster I know what natural means. I don't take a lot of anything except fish oil and things I am lacking in, shown through blood tests. it is better to get things from the natural source I agree. Calcium in women is up for debate right now.. supplements hurting or helping.

It doesn't matter what is older, lithium is found in nature. The fact is we have no idea what these meds can do.. some we do know, and it's pretty serious even as the correct dose.

Most of the psychiatric drugs are not found in nature, actually lithium is the only one I can think of off hand. Most are synthetic chemical compounds. That is a big difference.

It's like saying why worry about eating fast food, or preservatives and additives in your food. Some of this stuff does not occur in nature and I am concerned about that. Not everything in nature is good for the body, but synthetic chemicals? The explosion of synthetic chemicals over the last fifty years.. it's concerning for our health and environment. We have not had enough time to say what the outcome is of all this.

How long did it take scientists to make the connection between smoking and cancer... a very long time. I am just worried that these things are not being researched or tested for long enough or well enough before being released. What my BF is going through because of medication that was not well tested breaks my heart. I don't want that to happen to anyone. We trust and assume these things are safe, because they are giving them to us. And then there is the problem of bioaccumulation.