Oh, I forgot to add: I had been using supplemental lithium orotate, and I wonder if it caused or exacerbated my thyroid problems. I only recently learned how hard it can be on thyroid. I have low TSH...
Thanks Tim Tam And HT, I appreciate it. Today I wanted to come in and say thanks for this advice. I really think that this thread gave me the push to go get treatment. For so long, I kept going to...
Thanks Tim Tam for your experience going through this. The good news is that we have been doing really well under isolation. I have been much stricter and more present and both kids are adjusting and...
Thanks folks. I was given Wellbutrin and lithium carbonate by my doc. He also gave me a referral to physical therapy because I included that I formerly could improve symptoms with running, but not...
Thank you. This is very helpful. I’m absolutely open to medicine, but I’ve had a hard time getting my doc to agree because of liver enzymes, desire to see if treating thyroid improves the...
Okay my dad is bipolar II and I haven’t been diagnosed because I’m pretty good at compensating and none of my docs have considered it a diagnosis helpful. But inside my head is a cacophony and I’m...
My first husband was related to the admitting nurse at one of the hospitals you mentioned. She would come home and laugh at the “crazies.” She said “we know they are mental cases because they say...