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[ozonep]

Hello.
I found out many people like Lithium very much. They even say it's some kind of magic pill, it makes wonders... Bought "Doctor's Best Lithium Orotate"... Been taking it for a month... Nothing ( I started taking it for social anxiety & blushing relief, and for mood stabilization, and I don't see any improvement... And the only thing that changed - I got angrier...
Maybe I'm immune to lithium? (

[niner]

Funny thing, I noticed the angry side effect too. Other people thought I must be crazy, because apparently for most people it mellows them out. I started cutting it into quarters so that I'd get about a milligram a day, and I don't notice any negative effects. I'm not really convinced my "angry" side effect was real, because stuff like that is so situational. I'd rather not have the hassle of splitting pills, but on the other hand, if I took the whole thing it would cost four times as much. The typical dose for bipolar disorder is hundreds of milligrams, rather than five, so I'm not sure 5mg is going to be much of a mood stabilizer, but I've heard a lot of claims of positive effects from pretty low doses. You could try changing your dose and see what happens. I wouldn't take too much, though. Lithium toxic levels are not very high, and I've heard of seriously bad reactions to relatively low doses of the orotate. (under 50mg)