on 12/3/2003 6:24 PM, Roxanne at [email protected] wrote:

> Yes, lithium can build up in the body after years, and it can produce
> unwanted psychosis and become toxic to the body.  My friend's speech was
> slurring and her doc put her in the mental ward and slowly wean her off of
> it.  She didn't have any side effects coming off, but apparently he was
> afraid that if she was truly bi-polar she might become manic and experience
> some pychosic of some sort so the hospital stay was the best place at the
> time.  Apparently the bi-polar diagnoses wasn't accurate, as she never did
> have an episode after coming off the medication and is medication free
> today.
> 
> Roxanne

Lucky girl. Wish I could say the same for my friend. He's looked into coming
of the stuff but the bi-polar reared it's ugly head. Guess he'll have to
stay on the medication and detox from time to time if that's possible.

Thanks for taking the time to reply,  Roger
> 
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Roger Barker [mailto:[email protected]]
> Sent: Tuesday, March 11, 2003 10:25 PM
> To: [email protected]
> Subject: CS>off subject - lithium
> 
> 
> I have a friend who's been on 800mg lithium for thirty years. Does any one
> know if lithium builds up in the body and if so how would one detox from it?
> 
> Thanks,  Roger
> 
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