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[[File:Lithium carbonate.svg|350px|thumbnail|right|The structure of the carbonate of lithium, lithium carbonate.]]

'''Lithium carbonate''', '''Lithium salts''', or '''lithium''' (sold as many salts of the lithium ion and under many trade names, such as Eskalith) is a widely-prescribed mood-stabilizing pharmaceutical of the lithium salt chemical class. Lithium carbonate is an inorganic compound, the lithium salt of carbonate with the formula LiC2O3. Lithium carbonate produces mood-stabilizing, calming, and dulling effects when administered. Lithium is used clinically for bipolar disorder. Lithium has been reported anecdotally on Erowid to potentially trigger psychosis and severe seizures when combined with psychedelics, notably [[LSD]].

[[C'mon people. Isolated reports on Erowid don't constitute reliable information. Especially in recent years when other tryptamines have been sold as LSD. The one scientific study cited on that Erowid page, [[Alterations in responses to LSD in humans associated with chronic administration of tricyclic antidepressants, monoamine oxidase inhibitors or lithium.]] Behav Brain Res 1996;73(1-2):229-33, Bonson KR; Murphy DL has NO reports of seizures with people taking LSD and lithium. Contrast this with one of the Erowid reports where the reporter said she no longer took lithium or suffered from bipolar after her LSD incident. I haven't heard of someone suddenly recovering from bipolar, and if she does it's a miraculous recovery that maybe should be credited to LSD!]]

Note there are also forms of lithium sold as nutritional supplements: '''Lithium orotate''', is a [[salt (chemistry)|salt]] of [[orotic acid]] and [[lithium]]. It is available as LiC5H3N2O4·H2O. Lithium aspartate is also sold as a supplement. It is a salt of aspartic acid and lithium.

[[PS I've taken 1P-LSD with Lithium Orotate with no bad side effects, actually a bit of heightened euphoria. Let's not give into anti-drug rumors, we're supposed to be combatting that!]]

==History and culture==

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 [[File:Lithium carbonate.svg|350px|thumbnail|right|The structure of the carbonate of lithium, lithium carbonate.]]
 '''Lithium carbonate''', '''Lithium salts''', or '''lithium''' (sold as many salts of the lithium ion and under many trade names, such as Eskalith) is a widely-prescribed mood-stabilizing pharmaceutical of the lithium salt chemical class. Lithium carbonate is an inorganic compound, the lithium salt of carbonate with the formula LiC<sub>2</sub>O<sub>3</sub>. Lithium carbonate produces mood-stabilizing, calming, and dulling effects when administered. Lithium is used clinically for bipolar disorder. Lithium has been reported anecdotally on Erowid to potentially trigger psychosis and severe seizures when combined with psychedelics, notably [[LSD]].
+[[C'mon people. Isolated reports on Erowid don't constitute reliable information. Especially in recent years when other tryptamines have been sold as LSD. The one scientific study cited on that Erowid page, [[Alterations in responses to LSD in humans associated with chronic administration of tricyclic antidepressants, monoamine oxidase inhibitors or lithium.]] Behav Brain Res 1996;73(1-2):229-33, Bonson KR; Murphy DL has NO reports of seizures with people taking LSD and lithium. Contrast this with one of the Erowid reports where the reporter said she no longer took lithium or suffered from bipolar after her LSD incident. I haven't heard of someone suddenly recovering from bipolar, and if she does it's a miraculous recovery that maybe should be credited to LSD!]]
 Note there are also forms of lithium sold as nutritional supplements: '''Lithium orotate''', is a [[salt (chemistry)|salt]] of [[orotic acid]] and [[lithium]]. It is available as LiC<sub>5</sub>H<sub>3</sub>N<sub>2</sub>O<sub>4</sub>·H<sub>2</sub>O. Lithium aspartate is also sold as a supplement. It is a salt of aspartic acid and lithium.
+[[PS I've taken 1P-LSD with Lithium Orotate with no bad side effects, actually a bit of heightened euphoria. Let's not give into anti-drug rumors, we're supposed to be combatting that!]]
 ==History and culture==
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