Does herbalism work for bipolar disorder treatment instead of conventional medicine?
Sunday, August 15th, 2010 at
8:36 am
Tagged with: Bipolar • Conventional • Disorder • herbalism • Instead • medicine • Treatment • work
Filed under: Bipolar Treatments
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It may relieve a few of your symptoms, but if you are bipolar you should definitely go with what your doctor prescribes…it may save your life!
For the overwhelming majority of people with bipolar disorder the answer is, unfortunately, no.
Maybe as scientists uncover the causes of the disorder, it will be possible to target the problems in more natural ways.
But for almost all people with BP, medications are an absolute must if there is any hope of maintaining a semi-normal life.
Lithium is a trace mineral that is in our bodies. In the old days spas with lithium in the water were touted for their curative powers.
Lithium is one med that Docs prescribe to control bipolar.
You just need to have your levels tested to make sure you stay in the therapeutic area and don’t edge into toxicity.
I have bipolar disorder and several other mental illnesses. When I go to group therapy there is always one or two people who have quit medication and started taking natural herbalism for cures. In the old days we called this snake oil. You put yourself at risk. First you quit the medication a trained professional prescribed for you cold turkey. This is a lot different then quitting cigarettes cold turkey. This can make you paranoid, suicidal, and possibly homicidal. Herbalism has not shown anyone that it works. It is a way that the company exists, sell things that cost almost nothing for a lot of dollars. This is a salesman’s dream. Get it for nothing and sell it for plenty.
Never would I give up my conventional medication for snake oil. Even if I was told that the medication I was on was addictive. If it worked then I would be on it the rest of my life anyway. If it didn’t work we would be able to find out fast enough and be able to ween me off it.