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This is such a defeatist attitude. I'm bipolar I, and I take lithium for it. Being confronted with my actions over and over and over and over again was a big p
by kdmccormick 4y ago
This is such a defeatist attitude.
I'm bipolar I, and I take lithium for it. Being confronted with my actions over and over and over and over again was a big part of what got me to start taking meds.
- kayodelycaon 4y agoThe over and over is important. A lot of people do get the hint eventually. It's hardly as simple as showing a video.
- kdmccormick 4y agoTrue. Fair enough.
- Melatonic 4y agoWhat kind of lithium do you take? I have heard that the prescribed doses can be pretty sedating or brutal but there are also people advocating for very tiny doses of lithium in a different form that is similar to what is found in some natural wells. Could be completely pseudoscience but it seemed interesting
- kdmccormick 4y agoLithium carb pills, at the lower end of the standard therapeutic range. There are a range of side effects, luckily for me not severe enough to impact my day to day--the most noticable one is just being thirsty all the time. We'll see if that stays true as I age, though... kidney damage is a big risk down the road. And yup, there's some newer research about the long term benefits such as lowering alzheimer's risk, which is a nice silver lining :) My doctors have mentioned it, so probably not pseudoscience.
- hdlothia 4y agoThey are not talking about the patients. Bipolar ppl are neurodivergent
- kdmccormick 4y agoI took their comment as "nt people don't usually change so why would you expect nd people to?" and I wanted to point out that nd people can indeed change, regardless of whether nt people can.