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New to Lithium

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For those that know me, i was almost not here anymore to even post this. But, i have survived a very adept suicide attempt. Now. i am on Lithium and i am feeling really weird.

Can anyone else share with me how Lithium changed them when they first started taking it?
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When I started I felt al little off for about a week, but them it was ok. Just keep drinking a ton of water!!

I haev been on it for over 3 years and it is the greatest thing that has vern happened to me.
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I agree with reply #1. It has saved mu ass many times. I like that it is all-natural: Li aon the periodic chart! I have no side effects and have been on it # a year and a half.
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Well its been so long since I started lithium that I really don't remember. I can tell you if I don't take it I get argumentative, mean, impatient and extremely promiscious
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have to agree with #1 I have been on it since march and I feel alot better Drink ALOT of water.
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After a suicide attempt your head is all over the place.It's hard for me to gauge the exact subtleties.Lithium is a trip.AFTER Ten tears of it it's good to say that it is a life-saver>
I know it was difficult back then.Those side effects are strange.It is brain chemistry though.It's in the atoms of yr head.Working on slowing the flow of blood.
I's a helluva trip, though.
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It has never made me feel weird. Just the same but with the edge cut off, dry mouth, hungry, and NO memory. Someone once called it LithiDUM and that fits well.

It takes several weeks for the drug to start working correctly in your system. But you will feel immediate relief.
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