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"One person's right to drink lithium-free water is no greater than another's right to drink lithium-enhanced water." Um... If you feel this strongly about it,

by nphase 16y ago

"One person's right to drink lithium-free water is no greater than another's right to drink lithium-enhanced water." Um... If you feel this strongly about it, then go put lithium in your water. Don't make me buy bottled water. I've been on lithium before. I'd prefer to spend the rest of my life as far away from ingesting it as possible.

nphase 16y ago
Also, I highly doubt anyone has done a study on what tiny amounts of lithium ingested regularly would do to your kidneys. There is a reason your doctor wants you to get semi-regular kidney function tests if you're on lithium.
- astrange 16y ago
  I would expect someone has done a study. http://scholar.google.com/scholar?q=renal+lithium+therapy http://scholar.google.com/scholar?q=renal+lithium+therapy
  - nphase 16y ago
    These seem to be for normal doses, not tiny ones as the article suggests
stuaxo 16y ago
I am curious what the original 7up with lithium was like.
palish 16y ago
I've been on lithium before. I'd prefer to spend the rest of my life as far away from ingesting it as possible. Care to explain?
- camperman 16y ago
  I won't speak for him but I've been on it before for the treatment of bipolar disorder. It works for some people. It didn't work for me - too poisonous - and I'm on something else now. But I don't blame his reaction; there were horrible side effects.
  - palish 16y ago
    Maybe I wasn't clear. What side effects? Poisonous? All people have said so far is "Lithium is bad", which isn't very informative. By the way, what are you on now?