Wow, thank you so much for these great answers!
My psychiatrist is treating me for bipolar symptoms. I started taking Lamotrigine for it a few weeks ago. I’m also having panic attacks that are out of control.
I didn’t want to talk about this here but I might as well- my daughter has been missing for 2 and a half years. I haven’t seen or heard from her. I think she was taken by her father but I’m not sure. She was getting treatment for an infection in her spinal fluid- I have to assume that was cut off because her father is a true sociopath. I can’t believe I’m putting this in writing. My family and friends know about it but I’m holed up all day every day with never ending pure adrenaline and grief.
It feels wrong to be worried about my emotional wellbeing when god only knows what she’s going through. I try to tell myself he loves her, he’s just doing this to hurt me. But I don’t know for sure it’s him. We haven’t had any contact for years and I didn’t know where he was or is.
Anyway this has been my nightmare for so long I am coming around to realizing that I absolutely have to be strong and ready to take care of her again at a moment’s notice. The police are looking for them. Things could be over any time, or never. I need to be ready for the former.
I found out about nsi-189 looking for anything new for traumatic stress. I bought some from China and I asked for documentation that it’s good quality. I’m hesitantly believing it’s legitimate.
About the bipolar thing: my psychiatrist doesn’t seem to be treating me for actual bipolar disorder- I hope this is correct- I was never unstable before I lost my daughter. It’s the not knowing that’s killing me. And I feel so guilty for being focused on myself when she’s the one who matters. But I don’t know what else to do.
This is the most I’ve written about this in a long time. I know I’m going to be extra fucked up for a couple days now. Maybe I shouldn’t have said all this. I also remind myself that everyone has problems and battles they deal with every day.
Anyway my point in all this is, my symptoms are all from external reasons. That might change how I should be dealing with chemicals. I’m not in good shape for researching right now. I forget things as soon as I’ve read them.
Ey, no problem - I understand the feeling of helplessness and being unable to cope - everyone should have some hope in a moment like that! = )
If ever you get out of this, get better and find peace, then try and do something small for someone else, in dire need - a single word of kindness can do a great deal.
Anyways, so you mean that you're getting 4,6 mg of ELEMENTAL lithium from your LiO at the moment? That would mean you're taking 120 mg of LiO in total. Hmm... well, it's obviously not working, and there shouldn't be any greater danger with increasing the dosage anyway - go for double your regular dosage anyway, and see what happens.
Stinkorninjor, Another question: when you cited the study of lithium orotate for alcoholism, does that mean 150 mg of lithium IN orotate, or 150 mg of elemental lithium?
As I understand it, the dosage was 150 mg of Lithium + Orotate - i.e, the total dosage of elemental lithium would be around 5 mg.
You have to remember that even with a high dosage of Li-Carbonate, only a portion of it ends up in your brain, the rest messes with your body's other organs. Supposedly, LiO has greater brain-blood-barrier penetration, thanks to the body's orotate transporter - a similar phenomenon is seen with Magnesium-L-Threonate, wherein the threonate transporter carries the metal into the brain, causing NMDA-antagonism.
With that said, apparently there is some evidence that Orotic Acid can be a mutagen, which is very bad, since such compounds can cause cancer. (however, that's not a given, multiple mutagenic medications do not actually cause cancer - main one being Nitrate ones like Nitroglycerine - especially since Orotate is a part of mothers milk in multiple mammalian species, humans incuded)
Read more about it here:
https://www.superfoo...ithium-orotate/