After years being medicated for mental health problems, one patient began to suspect the cause of her suffering could be ...

Carnie Wilson, co-founder of Wilson Phillips, discussed her mental health journey and how this brought her in touch with ...

Lithium side effects may include diarrhea ... with the introduction of anticonvulsants and atypical antipsychotics. These ...

[97] Of the medications taken, 35% were antidepressants, 34% were benzodiazepines, 19% were combination therapies, and 11% were other psychoactive medications (antipsychotics, lithium, and ...

And sudden weight gain resulting from antipsychotics she was given further destabilized ... At that time, she was taking two doses of lithium a day and developed painful side effects, she recalls. Her ...

They make me feel loopy. I have disscussed it with my doctor. He says that it's something that I must live with. Now I'm off all meds and feel great but I can feel the symptoms coming back. What could ...

Lithium should be lowered or discontinued ... or lipid insoluble will have high plasma to milk ratios. Antipsychotic drugs, being highly protein-bound, will therefore have low milk concentrations.

Widespread acceptance and adoption of lithium in the United States occurred during the 1970s. Its use in America decreased gradually beginning in the late 1980s, however, with the introduction of ...

Several factors were associated with a lower odds of antipsychotic initiation in the multivariable model, including being aged 30 to 45 (aOR 0.84, 95% CI 0.77 to 0.92 compared with those aged 18–29 ...

An example is a lithium response signature from a stratified sample of ... As has been done historically with the discovery of antidepressants and antipsychotics leading to the serotonin and dopamine ...

However, some healthcare providers may prescribe certain medications (such as lithium, antidepressants, or antipsychotics) to target symptoms like aggression and anger. Researchers use the term ...