If you are skeptical, google them. Google Scholar is usually best. When I have time, I will add references. Very low dose lithium almost certainly reduces the risk of Alzheimer’s-- and prevents cognitive decline. Even 5 mg once a week is probably of benefit, though I would advocate 5 mg per day or 150 mg once [...]
MISCELLANEOUS INSTRUCTIONS ON VITAMIN D3 DOSE—this is a steroid hormone mistakenly named a “vitamin” in ~1922. [Take heed: Avoid vitamin D2, which is available by prescription only, as 50,000 I.U. gel capsules, to be taken once a week. D2 is from plants, is less potent and has a shorter ½ life. It [...]
These are the two best books on treating bipolar depression that I have run across. If anyone has others, let me know.The James Phelps book—2016-- concerns Atypical Depression/ bipolar spectrum/ Bipolar II Disorder. On AmazonThe Robert Post book—2008-- is about quite a different problem: Bipolar I Disorder—treatment resistant cycling and treatment resistant depression. |On AmazonBoth [...]
Robert Post is one of the most prominent, as well as kind and generous, psychiatrists in the U.S. He has been at NIMH for decades. ROBERT POST MD [5/2017] SAYS LITHIUM IS GOOD “FOR EVERYTHING”; below IS FROM A SLIDE OF HIS REGARDING LITHIUM: Lithium prevents unipolar and bipolar depressions Increases hippocampal and cortical volume [...]
Bottom line on bottom line: Lithium 5mg once a week or 1mg per day is no doubt sufficient to reduce the risk of Alzheimer’s. Lithium 5mg daily – or ~150mg once a week – is probably better. [Lithium orotate 5mg and 120mg pills are inexpensive on Amazon.] Lithium 150 mg per day is advisable for [...]
https://youtu.be/x9uV50MKVXEGetting Persistent Depressive Disorder Treatment That WorksThere are many people who have long suffered from Persistent Depressive Disorder and while some traditional treatments have been effective, there is a segment of those who haven't been able to recover or to have their disorder alleviated effectively. There is a newer treatment that has been approved by [...]
