Nov
20
2009
Why Is Lithium Related To Manic Depression?
Posted by: Alan in Manic Depression, tags: Depression, Lithium, Manic, Related
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November 20th, 2009 at 11:32 pm
Lithium chloride is an effective medicine in treating manic depression
November 21st, 2009 at 6:22 am
It used to be used (and still is) to treat several illnesses, including manic depression. It made you docile, so you weren’t raging, as some manic depressives can do (my grandma was on).
November 21st, 2009 at 11:02 am
wife is on it. “thank god”
November 21st, 2009 at 11:30 am
Because it s a Nivarna song very depressing.
November 21st, 2009 at 3:29 pm
Lithium is a natural salt and in Manic Deppresives the amount of this salt needs to be adjusted. There are many more effective ways of treatment than there used to be.
November 21st, 2009 at 10:07 pm
Yes Lithium is used to treat manic depression. The exact mechanism of action is not known.
However it may be because Lithium ions inhibit the recycling of IP3 a compound which controls the level of Ca2+ released in your cells. (Just in case you were interested)
November 22nd, 2009 at 12:01 am
It is used to control mood swings and to keep people suffering from manic depression from going from extreme highs to lows, but it’s not used as much now here in the UK.
November 22nd, 2009 at 1:43 am
Part 1: History and a Mystery Solved
by Marcia Purse
Lithium, discovered in 1817, was noticed to have mood stabilizing properties in the late 1800s when doctors were using it to treat gout. (At least one doctor, in fact, concluded from this that gout was the cause of mood disorders.) It was Australian psychiatrist John Cade who, in 1949, published the first paper on the use of lithium in the treatment of acute mania. The U.S. Food and Drug Administration did not approve lithium for use until 1970.
Research has never indicated that that bipolar disorder might be caused by a lithium deficiency. Rather, it happens that this naturally occurring substance has the fortunate effect of acting as a mood stabilizer.
First answers in 1998
For almost 50 years, manic-depressive people were treated with lithium even though medical science did not know why or how it worked.
November 22nd, 2009 at 3:09 am
lithium chloride, along with termazepam and largactil are usefull to calm manic deppression but can turn patients into zombies, there are better ways.
Thank God they do not use straight jackets anymore in uk