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[InquilineKea]

http://www.thedaily....ws-lithium-1-5/

that's not the only article. the evidence is piling up everywhere.

http://ihealthbullet...xtend-lifespan/

http://discovermagaz...0-years-lithium

does anyone know of any cheap sources?

Edited by InquilineKea, 28 May 2011 - 05:44 AM.

[yoyo]

I bought some lithium oxide like used for bipolar from an overseas pharm. Since the doses are so much larger, its lasts forever for a couple bucks. only downside is you have to use a pill cutter, and the dose i want is smaller than it can do, so its more like i lick my finger and touch a few grains and then lick them off.

[niner]

does anyone know of any cheap sources?

Here ya go...

[Matt79]

Anyone know what effect 5mg daily will have on blood serum levels? Mine are <2mmol/L

[niner]

Anyone know what effect 5mg daily will have on blood serum levels? Mine are <2mmol/L

How are your levels getting that high? Are you taking a high dose of lithium therapeutically? I guess you'd have to be. An extra 5mg isn't going to affect these levels much at all.

[Matt79]

Hi Niner - I've realised the mistake.

I went to the lab and just ordered a bunch of blood tests myself. Now what I didn't realise was the S-Lithium test (serum lithium) gives a reference range of 0.6-1.2 mmol/l. This is a therapeutic range. I just assumed reference range was associated with population norms. (it usually is), but for the lithium test the "normal" range is associated with a range for patience on a lithium therapy not average population.

Normal should be in the micro mol range!

In humans endogenous serum lithium levels normally range from 0.14-8.6 micromol/l, with a maximum level of 15.8 micromol/l.

0.14 micromoles = 0.00014 millimoles

http://www.igsli.org...ml#Anchor-14210
http://www.ajcn.org/...nt/73/1/75.full

Doh!