thanks for your posts, guys. i think another reason i am scared of it is because i know someone who is on it, and he has really bad tremors - so much so that he can't hold a pen sometimes without dropping it.
has anyone had any adverse side effects like that?
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Originally Posted by Lbien6
Lithium is a mood stabilizer.
I would think you would attach more stigma to anti-psychotics.
In this context, crazy is an odious word to me.
I don't mean to be combative or disrespectful to you. I am asserting my opinion and reaction.
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yes, i don't think my mind is very straightforward when it comes to stigma, is it? but i guess i took the anti-psychotics because i was going through really bad anxiety back then, and they were the only things that helped to calm me down. also, i don't think many people know the names of common anti-psychotics, whereas almost everyone knows that lithium is used to treat mental illnesses. and there still is stigma attached to MIs, which i would prefer to avoid.
i'm sorry that my use of 'crazy' caused offense
. thank you for letting me know. i guess i am still torn over how i view myself and my depression. i will happily self-identify as "crazy", and do not mind if my pdoc calls me that also (because i know he holds me in high regard), but i am very keen to avoid the "general public" from knowing i have an MI, and i don't want anyone to think i'm somehow insane or incapable because of it.
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Originally Posted by Slothrop
I have bipolar II, which consists mostly of stubborn depression...I think lithium has helped, particularly with sudden plunges into very severe depressed moods.
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thank you for sharing this, slothrop, it gives me a bit of hope. my shrink would like me to try it to prevent the sudden fall into the abyss also.
