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Old Nov 13, 2014, 12:51 AM
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Originally Posted by Hooligan View Post
Lithium is considered the gold standard, it can really help some.

Unfortunately it's not a case of one size fits all and it did nothing to stabilise my mood when I was on it. Also caused my body to produce antibodies that attacked my thyroid leading to hypothyroidism. I'm now on hormone replacement for life.
I take levothyroxine for life too but it happened the first time I took lithium prescribed by a family dr who wasn't great at his job lol So this time I figured since I already take levo...I will give lithium a go!
Thanks for this!
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