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Thanks for all the input guys. I know people on here often say questions like this arent good to ask to a forum of stoners, but Ive found that stoners and other drug users often have or know someone who has some kind of mental illness, AND stoners often spend a ton of time researching weird subjects like this.
While I would never use it in place of a doctor's opinion, it atleast gives me some kind of starting ground.
I've grown to think of manic depression as more of a gift than anything, but in this world of black and white, up and down, left and right, right and wrong it's a bit hard to function.
Everything Ive found on the net says that lithium doesnt metabolize in the liver thus rarely causing liver damage, but they say it does affect other things. Heres on thing I found:
Lithium is not usually known to cause liver damage, when taken
alone. Liver damage may occur if lithium is taken concurrently with
other drugs, which are outlined further down in the answer. Often,
liver and kidney function tests are drawn for baseline values before
therapy is started. The same tests will be repeated by your doctor,
periodically, and compared with the baseline results. Lithium, as a
salt and electrolyte, similar in structure to sodium and potassium, is
cleared by the kidneys. The organs most affected by lithium are the
kidneys, heart, thyroid, and the central nervous system (CNS).
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Yeah but you're going to do what you wanna do
No matter what I ask of you
You think you hold the high hand
I've got my doubts
I come from Chino where the asphalt sprouts
.....
And even if I have to go to Claremont
Well I guess I'll just have to go to Claremont
Let me go
Let me lie low
Yeah but you're going to do what you wanna do
No matter what I ask of you
And you send your dark messengers to tempt me
I come from Chino so all your threats are empty
- the mountain goats
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