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Old Dec 11, 2016, 01:36 AM
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Originally Posted by bizi View Post
Lithium orotate is dosed at a much lower dose.
I take 240mg twice a day so total of 480mg for the day, much lower than the regular starting dose of 1500-2000mg.
I think that it has helped me. I have been able to have some Alcohol free days when earlier I could not. I also think that the glutamine has helped in that regard too.
Lucy is the poster who brought up the idea to me. I get it from amazon and it costs less than $16 for 200 pills. That is a 50 day supply when I take 4 a day.

but I am taking all of my psych meds too. and lots of supplements.
bizi


Yes I messaged Lucy and she was a great help. So you're actually taking 20mg of the elemental lithium per day. I was going to start out at 15 and see how that goes. I'm BP1 and my major issue right now is mood swings with agitation. Has it helped your mood?? I have a bit of an angry streak in me that I'm trying to get rid of.

I asked my pdoc for a stabilizer and you know what she told me? She said "work it out in T!" Lol! So whatever, I'll try this. And I'm getting a new pdoc next visit anyway.
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bizi
Thanks for this!
bizi