Yes. We’ve discussed this before. SGLT2IS decrease lithium by 50%.
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Thanks for confirming.
Is your personal goal to get an effective 20mg per week?
To the best of your knowledge, is it harmless enough that I don’t need to deep dive and I could just take 5mg? (I realize I should do my own research, but if you all have already done it, I trust the group more than my own research!)
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I take 5-10 mg a day because I’m losing 50% to the SGLT2I.
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Since about a month I take 10 mg lithiumorotate every evening.
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I say “around 20mg per week”. I am sure 1mg per day is enough. I would think 5mg per day is too much.
It is likely to vary from person to person, but I don’t think we can be that precise as to exactly what it should be. We don’t as yet have enough information.
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Thanks for that feedback on the 5mg, especially since I’m on the smaller side.
Do you think I should consider 2mg only because I’m taking an sglt2 and therefore only getting an effective dose of .5mg?
Its hard to say. I don’t think it would cause a problem if you took 2mg.
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I stopped lithium 1 mg for 2 weeks, and then I noticed that my reaction to mildly stressful situations was way worse. I restarted it: I’m now back to my previous baseline.
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I have a similar experience. But mine was due to a dose dependant increase in mood when I take 10 mg instead if 5 mg/day of lithium orotate.
I increased my dose of lithium orotate to 10 mg daily. This beause I heard, that some persons with long-covid, experience a reduction in symtoms when taking 3×5 mg lithium orotate daily. And also because a friend of mine experienced a reduction in long covid symptoms when started taking 10 - 15 mg daily. It took a few days before she noticed any effect.
I don’t have long covid but I was speculating that the dose that have effect on long covid might hit slightly different pathways than lower doses that don’t have effect on covid.
Just my few cents. Placebo?
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