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The only real argument against it, and I'll grant you that, that we have is that we don't know how it interacts. It's a good assumption that is has something to
by vegardx 8y ago
The only real argument against it, and I'll grant you that, that we have is that we don't know how it interacts. It's a good assumption that is has something to do with brain chemistry, but we don't know, or if it's a direct relation or indirect interaction. Or if there even is one.
- whatshisface 8y agoIt is known that lithium alters human behavior. Given that, the "assumption" of it altering brain chemistry is a red herring: because "drug that alters human behavior" and "mind altering drug" are the same thing, with or without theories about brain chemistry. Even in an alternate universe where the mind resided in the spleen, if someone suggested that a drug should be added to the water to improve mental health, it would be tautologically identical to say that they wanted to add a mind-altering drug to the water supply. Now, to make the argument more longwinded but also more correct, if lithium treated stomach ulcers and the children were misbehaving because of discomfort, it would be impacting human behavior without being a "mental drug." However the evidence does not indicate that the counterfactual situation I proposed is true - in fact, just about every study agrees that lithium is a mental health drug prescribed to treat mental health problems.