Bipolar

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Kitchen Remedies and Natural Cures for Bipolar

 * Dark Therapy


 * Green Tea


 * Lithium Oratate (mineral supplement). Lithium is a mineral, like magnesium.  Lithium is essential for health.  Lithium is part of what makes many natural alkaline water health spas so theraputic.  In a normal diet, a person ingests 200–600 micrograms.  May be protective against brain cell death and create new brain growth.  This form of litium appears to penetrte the brain easier than the pharmacutical forms.  Instead of being a remedy for particular conditions (ADD, depression, manic, mood disorders, violent behavior, etc), the conditions are lithium deficiency symptoms, like scurvy and Vitamin C.  One study showed that areas with lithium in the water had lower crime rates.  This water only supplied 2mg per day.

.....We appologize in advance if these links are selling anything. See: The misunderstood mineral and Lithium Benefits

...... "lithium should not be taken by pregnant or nursing women or in the case of renal or cardiovascular diseases, severe dehydration or exhaustion, sodium depletion, or in individuals using any form of diuretics or ACE inhibitors." See: Benefits of Lithium Oratate

.....Bicarbonates Inhibits lithium absorption. This includes many antacids.

.....Reference: ''Nieper HA The clinical application of lithium orotate. Agressologie 14(6). 407-411, 1973. ...and...   Kim Zarse, Takeshi Terao, Jing Tian, Noboru Iwata, Nobuyoshi Ishii, Michael Ristow. Low-dose lithium uptake promotes longevity in humans and metazoans. European Journal of Nutrition, 2011; DOI: 10.1007/s00394-011-0171-x''

.....150 mg/day is considered a normal dose, but one teen (using muscle-strength testing to determine dosage) finds relief with just 10 mg per day. We are currrently watching to see if lithium gets rid of her migraine headaches and fibromyalgia. This teen has many of the items that lithium oratate is supposed to ameliorate. She may not be bipolar but instead have a mineral deficiency (lithium).


 * Omega 3: available in fish oils


 * L-tyrosine: available in almonds and turkey. Athletes take this amino acid (part of protein) to reduce stress.  Some women take it to reduce their PMS symptoms.


 * B-Vitamin Complex


 * 5-HTP


 * Acetyl L-Carnitine


 * Swimming


 * Replace all lights with full spectrum lights

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