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Lithium

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Last discussed Aug 17, 2026

A naturally occurring element used as a psychiatric medication, primarily for treating bipolar disorder and stabilizing mood. Requires careful blood level monitoring due to toxicity risk.

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Peter Attia
uses low-dose
Used for: Mood stabilization Praised: Low risk at over-the-counter doses vs: Previously took 600 mg/day under close medical monitoring for about a year. H...

"If those groundwater data are correct, you don't need to be taking that much lithium to reproduce the levels. We're talking 10 to 20 milligrams, and that's actually an over-the-counter dose. So that's why I take it now... I put it in the category ..."

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Linus Abrams
mentioned
Used for: Augmentation strategy for treatment-resistant unipolar depression

"A series of monotherapies with antidepressants, in combination therapies with antidepressants and mood stabilizers — and let's say lithium, which is a so-called augmentation strategy."

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Andrew Huberman
mentioned
Used for: Treatment of manic episodes in bipolar disorder; mood stabilization Praised: Suppresses neuroinflammation, neuroprotective against excitotoxicity, profoun...

"Lithium seems to be able to suppress inflammation, and importantly, it can suppress inflammation in neural tissues and within the brain in particular. The other thing about lithium is that lithium is neuroprotective."

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