Posted by linkadge on September 26, 2006, at 16:25:49
In reply to Lithium users, posted by johnnyj on September 26, 2006, at 15:00:35
Long term lithium always makes my depression worse. It works great for the first few weeks then it just makes me feel very flat and depressed. Sometimes it makes me very irritable.
My sleep on lithium was very shallow. Like I was always half awake. Lack of REM sleep can supress growth hormone release (if I am not mistaken) which I think is a mechanism by which REM supressing agents can lead to zombie like states.
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