 Hey, what's up you guys welcome out to my channel if you're new here hi Hello, Lydia and who are new here make sure you hit subscribe button to notifications on and why you're down there hit the thumbs up button So it really helps me out. We're almost at six point two K guys When nine subscribers are wearing what is today's video about? Today's video is about lithium. I'm doing a lithium medication review So we'll start off with what is lithium lithium is a mood stabilizer prescribed for people who are bipolar people borderline pairs not a disorder I've even seen it used in treatment with PTSD Lithium is a great mood stabilizer and I would highly recommend it to anyone who is a consider and try the mood stabilizer I've been on two mood stabilizers. I've been on the motrogene and Lithium the motrogene gave me a rash. I did actually document that on this channel I'll leave the playlist in the description down below To the La Marcha gene series. So one was I started on the theme When was I started on the theme? I Was started on the theme Over a year ago now when I was in patient my mental and had been impatient for a year It was decided that it was the best move going forward because anti-depressants don't seem to work for me I am still online to depressant Well, that's me temporary so Lithium, how was the experience been? My experience with lithium is it's been a bit off and down it changed my life this drug. Don't know you're wrong I can't pretend for a minute that I Be here without that drug because it has stabilized my mood so well I don't have ups and downs ups and downs ups and downs ups and downs ups and downs I have a stable baseline that I'm on lithium has saved my life My experience with taking lithium is I take it in two doses. I take it morning and night I take four hundred milligrams in the morning and four hundred milligrams at night Me I want to tell you all the eight hundred milligrams of lithium which is why my blood level is Equal out shut our lithium build tests done Every so often the theme is a really powerful medication has made my life so much more bearable and It hasn't got any side effects. I don't think the only side effect I have is I have to drink a lot of water This is a 1.25 litre bottle. I Drink up for these a day When I started lithium, I was at 100 milligrams in the morning 100 milligrams at night Then it got moved at 200 milligrams then 400 milligrams then 800 milligrams It didn't take long for us to find the level that works for me Opinion on the drug is it's very effective what it does. It doesn't have many side effects But it makes you a bit dehydrated. I remember when I started taking it. I was so afraid I Made a video for the day before I started lithium and I was so sad There's gonna be that last time I was on it where they just put me on 10 That's a thousand milligrams Straight away and don't try and try to hate it and then do the blood work after I was so scared It's gonna do that again. So that's what happened to me when I was 13 I had so many recollections about starting taking the theorem. I didn't know if it's gonna cause weight gain I didn't know if it's gonna make it so hard to sleep. I didn't know if it was gonna work for me. I didn't know How I was gonna write those It was just a really hard Thing to use to take in but I would a hundred percent recommend the theorem over the Lomotrogene Lomotrogene gave me a rash Like so I'll link the playlist to the Lomotrogene videos in the description down below Lithium is something that I thought was weird to try And it was my suggestion to want to be a stabilizer for oxygen presence. I've got to listen to him The hospital I was in honestly The priority tightest has been the best hospital I've ever been in and I know it's a private facility But it's been the best Inpatient support I've ever had So, yeah, thanks for watching this video and if you are new subscribe join the growing family I'll see you in my next video. Peace