Bipolar Support Group

Advice given to me by my Doctor was that the Lithium keeps your mood mostly in balance.. kinda like rowing a boat on a wavy stretch of sea as opposed to surfing it up and down 10m swells.

I quiet often get blood samples taken and tested.. about every 3- 4 months.

This is to ensure that eh lithium level is in the sweet spot and not too rich (toxic) or too weak (useless)

So if your low on lithium you are more susceptible to Manic nature (In my opinion/experience)

Which is kinda nice every now and then.. because I love being manic... but not for too long

Low lithium for me seems to turn allot on being very very regular with my pills... seriously if I am out by a few hours it makes a difference.

Although apparently the new drugs can work well at a slightly less rich strength.

I have noticed I loose weight when the lithium is low...which is something I like too.

I find when I am manic I am quiet demanding of my friends to play the games I want to play... so lucky for me they tell me when I am being a whiney demanding brat.. and that makes me check myself.

So my advice is.. if your low on lithium... make sure your good friends are close or you see them regularly and tell them exactly what yur up to... before you by a new sofa or a TV or something.

Post edited by: Dior, at: 07/10/2011 05:55 PM

In any case, hope things get figured out quickly.

You see Lithium is a highly toxic elemant and it realy doesn't belong in our bodies .. unlike substances like salt which are also a highly toxic chemical which we need in our body.

This toxicity is important becasue if I get my Lithium wrong (atually my doctor gets this wrong ... unless I get my blood test at the wrong time of day) I will end up with a toxic level of 0.8 or higher..but I want 0.6. Me changing a dosage from 4 capsues to 5 capsule a day has bumped me from 0.54 to over 0.64. Which is spot on.

Exercise, good diet and the other stuff... well I would find that difficult to achieve if I was well (perfect) let alone on a balanced dosage regime.

Doesn't mean it isn't possible... but I really do struggle with the encouragment and tenacity to do that.. even though I live in one of the most pristine sporty orentated outdoor regions in my country... and all I have a spite for those show offs in thier lycra shorts and $9000 bycycles. And all I would like to do is go for three hour walk without having the time to over contemplate my naval

Really I think I need company with exercise... which I suspect is somthing we could all need when trying to exercise our blues away.. exept for swimming.

Is motor car racing exercise?