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Lithium burns holes in your brain. I have a friend that took it for several years and I hadn’t seen her since we were children and now, she’s not even the same.

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Lithium burns holes in your brain. I have a friend that took it for several years and I hadn’t seen her since we were children and now, she’s not even the same.


The Lithium you’re talking about has nothing to do with this thread
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Lithium burns holes in your brain. I have a friend that took it for several years and I hadn’t seen her since we were children and now, she’s not even the same.


No, taking 500 mcg of lithium orotate is not associated with "burning holes in your brain." This dose is far below the level required to cause serious harm, and research suggests that low doses may even be neuroprotective. The idea of "burning holes" is a harmful myth with no scientific basis.

The potential for serious harm, including neurotoxicity, is associated with the very high doses of lithium used in prescription medications for conditions like bipolar disorder, not the microdoses found in supplements. Even at these high, clinically monitored levels, toxicity is manageable if detected promptly.

Here is what the scientific evidence says about lithium orotate at low, supplemental doses.

Safety of low-dose lithium orotate

Minimal side effects: A 2023 review of microdose lithium (5–20 mg of ionic lithium, compared to the less than 5 mg in a 500 mcg dose) found "no known safety concerns".

Safety study: A 2021 toxicological study on lithium orotate found no adverse effects in rats at doses equivalent to many times a human microdose.

No link to brain damage: The only way lithium can cause neurological problems is through a condition called Syndrome of Irreversible Lithium-Effectuated Neurotoxicity (SILENT), but this occurs after acute overdose or during long-term use of very high, therapeutic doses, often alongside other risk factors. It has never been linked to microdoses

The difference between supplements and prescription medication

It is crucial to understand the vast difference in dosage between the supplement you asked about and the prescription form of lithium.

Supplemental microdose: A 500 mcg dose contains only 0.5 mg of lithium orotate. This provides an even smaller amount of elemental lithium, often similar to what people ingest from their natural diet.

Pharmaceutical dose: Prescription lithium is typically prescribed as lithium carbonate at much higher doses, ranging from 900 mg to 1,200 mg per day. Toxicity becomes a concern at blood levels significantly higher than this therapeutic range, which is why patients are carefully monitored.
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The Lithium you’re talking about has nothing to do with this thread


Yes it does
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Aug 26 2025 07:35am
Yes it does


Do you happen to know how to read?

Serious question?
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Aug 26 2025 07:55am
Yes it does


also like I said one of my supplements (a multi vitamin) has 500 mcg of Lithium Orotate, so assuming you take this amount every day is that bad?

Consider what was written above in my multi-colored post

A person a Doctor has deemed worthy of " Being Prescribed Lithium "

is a completely different story.

as presumably a " average dose of the person who is PRESCRIBED by a doctor lithium " is a dose of 900 mg to 1,200 mg per day

if you convert 900 mg to mcg the conversion will be this:

900000 mcg, would be the AVERAGE dose a person prescribed lithium would get

so you see why micro dosing at 500 mcg, which is like 0.00055% of the amount of that other dose.

You can see how your arguement crumbles in this light, as the 500 mcg dose per day of Lithium Orotate could also be an " average dose " just by eating different foods in your diet for 1 day.
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I only micro dose meth, keeps me going through out the day
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also like I said one of my supplements (a multi vitamin) has 500 mcg of Lithium Orotate, so assuming you take this amount every day is that bad?

Consider what was written above in my multi-colored post

A person a Doctor has deemed worthy of " Being Prescribed Lithium "

is a completely different story.

as presumably a " average dose of the person who is PRESCRIBED by a doctor lithium " is a dose of 900 mg to 1,200 mg per day

if you convert 900 mg to mcg the conversion will be this:

900000 mcg, would be the AVERAGE dose a person prescribed lithium would get

so you see why micro dosing at 500 mcg, which is like 0.00055% of the amount of that other dose.

You can see how your arguement crumbles in this light, as the 500 mcg dose per day of Lithium Orotate could also be an " average dose " just by eating different foods in your diet for 1 day.


It is bad, because it’s lithium

I only micro dose meth, keeps me going through out the day


Smokin da pookie

This post was edited by Abyzma on Aug 26 2025 08:27am
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