Supplements for Bipolar Disorder
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Supplements for Bi-polar Disorder
Maureen Schlag
Mr. Neff
A& P ll
Lithium Orotate (Supplement)
Lithium (Pharmaceutical)
Have you ever wondered what the difference was in Supplements and Pharmaceuticals?
What we dont know is that there are some many alternatives out there that might me right for you. I completed a research on Lithium Oratate (Supplement) VS Lithium (Pharmaceutical) for the treatment of Bi-polar disorder.
Bipolar Disorder is also known as manic depression and is a mental disorder. Studies have shown that more than 2 million American adults in the population of 18 to adult have bipolar. It consists of dramatic mood swings, one minute you can be what is call high (manic) and it will alternate with lows (depression).
An episode can last for a minute, hours and days or months. These are called cycling there is slow cycling which your highs and lows move at a slower pace and there is a rapid cycling that go from highs to lows at a very fast pace.
Bipolar disorder is consider a recurrent meaning that more than 90% of the individuals who have a single episode will go on have future ones and approximately 70% of manic episodes occur immediately before or after a depression episode.
Taking lithium orotate (supplement) or Lithium (Pharmaceutical) is a way to reduce the felling of the highs and lows and to help you restore balance to you moods. You will see that both the supplement and pharmaceutical tablets can produce the same results except one has many side effects and one has no side effects.
Lithium (pharmaceutical) the doctor will typically prescribe a dose from 600mg to 1200mg per day. This provides 113mg to 226mg of elemental lithium and is only available with a prescription from your doctor. Lithium has been noted in high dosages to cause severe side effects and has to be taken in huge amounts in order to effectively treat the condition. But taking lithium in huge doses you have the potential for what they call lithium toxicity and it can put you at near toxic levels with a narrow window of safety and because of the possible toxicity you are required to have a blood serum test to monitor your levels.
75% of people who take lithium have some kind of side effects. This is a list of possible side effects, Mild shakiness, especially in the hands, thirst, diarrhea, vomiting, drowsiness, muscle weakness, spinning sensation (vertigo) Coordination problems, blurred vision, ringing in the ears, seizures, slurred speech, twitching. Dizziness, bowel or bladder control problems, restlessness, loss of appetite, nausea, dry, thinning and some cases loss of hair, black out spells, irregular heat rhythms,