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<blockquote data-quote="BusynMember" data-source="post: 571309" data-attributes="member: 1550"><p>Will she take a different mood stabilizer other than Lithium? Maybe Lithium scares her because of the connotations. Frankly, I took Lithium for two months and it made me so spacy and stupid that I almost killed myself...so it wasn't a success here. There are newer mood stabilizers that allegedly have less side effects, but I never tried a MS again after the Lithium. I am however on medication. If she has a mood disorder, she will need some sort of medication to get better. The moodswings are out of your control...kind of scary...I never get it when people with mood disorders say they aren't sick. It's pretty obvious if you are depressed or manic. But a lot of people with mood disorders won't take medication. I don't get it. Maybe she will as time goes on, but sadly you can't force it and I can only imagine how helpless you feel. </p><p></p><p>Could you maybe talk to her about other medications? Is she maybe concerned with weight gain?</p><p></p><p>I'm so sorry you are going through this with your daughter.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="BusynMember, post: 571309, member: 1550"] Will she take a different mood stabilizer other than Lithium? Maybe Lithium scares her because of the connotations. Frankly, I took Lithium for two months and it made me so spacy and stupid that I almost killed myself...so it wasn't a success here. There are newer mood stabilizers that allegedly have less side effects, but I never tried a MS again after the Lithium. I am however on medication. If she has a mood disorder, she will need some sort of medication to get better. The moodswings are out of your control...kind of scary...I never get it when people with mood disorders say they aren't sick. It's pretty obvious if you are depressed or manic. But a lot of people with mood disorders won't take medication. I don't get it. Maybe she will as time goes on, but sadly you can't force it and I can only imagine how helpless you feel. Could you maybe talk to her about other medications? Is she maybe concerned with weight gain? I'm so sorry you are going through this with your daughter. [/QUOTE]
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