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<blockquote data-quote="BusynMember" data-source="post: 587284" data-attributes="member: 1550"><p>Lisa, you're hilarious but you brought up ain interesting point. Lithium made me the walking dead. No emotions. No feelings. Not able to react to anything or care about anything...that on top of making me feel as if I was walking in a dream and I wasn't sure if I was awake or dreaming. I never agreed to try a mood stablizer since then. My daughter complained about feeling exactly the same way on Depakote so, being 19, she tossed it down the toilet. She also said it made her unable to learn and she was in cosmetology school, which isn't as easy as it sounds. I will do ECT before I ever take a mood stabilizer. The only emotion I could feel on Lithium AND Tegretal was a black depression. Yech! And when I told the doctor, what did he do? He upped my dose so that I felt even worse. Finally I tossed the Lithium and slept for three days. I guess it can be dangerous to just quit Lithium cold turkey, but I didn't know and, at that point, I am not sure I would have cared. I woke up clearheaded and rational and angry at my doctor.</p><p></p><p>The LSD-like experience was very informative. I got to see what hallucigenics do to teenagers and have no idea why anyone would want to experience psychosis. Not sure LSD makes your throat close up though...that was the scariest part. It lasted for three days...the hallucinations, not t he throat closing up.</p><p></p><p>Maybe doctors should listen more?</p><p></p><p>Janet, wow! You sure have a high tolerance to medications <img src="data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP///yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7" class="smilie smilie--sprite smilie--sprite1" alt=":)" title="Smile :)" loading="lazy" data-shortname=":)" /></p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="BusynMember, post: 587284, member: 1550"] Lisa, you're hilarious but you brought up ain interesting point. Lithium made me the walking dead. No emotions. No feelings. Not able to react to anything or care about anything...that on top of making me feel as if I was walking in a dream and I wasn't sure if I was awake or dreaming. I never agreed to try a mood stablizer since then. My daughter complained about feeling exactly the same way on Depakote so, being 19, she tossed it down the toilet. She also said it made her unable to learn and she was in cosmetology school, which isn't as easy as it sounds. I will do ECT before I ever take a mood stabilizer. The only emotion I could feel on Lithium AND Tegretal was a black depression. Yech! And when I told the doctor, what did he do? He upped my dose so that I felt even worse. Finally I tossed the Lithium and slept for three days. I guess it can be dangerous to just quit Lithium cold turkey, but I didn't know and, at that point, I am not sure I would have cared. I woke up clearheaded and rational and angry at my doctor. The LSD-like experience was very informative. I got to see what hallucigenics do to teenagers and have no idea why anyone would want to experience psychosis. Not sure LSD makes your throat close up though...that was the scariest part. It lasted for three days...the hallucinations, not t he throat closing up. Maybe doctors should listen more? Janet, wow! You sure have a high tolerance to medications :) [/QUOTE]
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