Does Lithium Cause Tooth Decay?

I have decided to become an aclu attorney.

It's strange how the mean, dark, prejudice people spin me manic, while the rational, educated people make me feel I can deal with life and my mental health disorder.
I think that it's important for people to keep logs and diaries of what they go through. When I first was hospitalized they did not hand out journals in the mental hospitals to patients. Now it is common place. This is as much to record feelings and growth as it is a legal journal.
I believe a writing component to the agencies who assist those with mental health disorders would be useful.
The classes for writing could be offered as follows:
WRAP: step one: write a wellness recovery action plan
Step two: blog, this creates an online legal web log/journal
Step three: facebook, this is basically an online autobiography, recording your daily thoughts and feelings.
All people with mental health diagnosis should write an autobiography. In fact, I think all people should make it their goal in their lifetime to write an autobiography.
People in old folks homes should be trained to write this way as well. Think of the treasure trove of historical dialogue we would be preserving for future generations!

Does lithium cause tooth decay? Bad oral hygiene and poor diet cause tooth decay. People who are poor and with mental health issues get early tooth decay. Everyone deserves to preserve their teeth!
Just as we deserve to preserve our oral history!

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rebuilding america one brain at a time!

Does Lithium Cause Tooth Decay?

Some people called me an angel because of what I am doing? I am on the road to recovery.
You would think that living in a location for three and a half years would finally let me get more of a sense of cohesiveness in my living situation.
Where do I live? I live just south of Brooks, Oregon where is said to have the highest concentration of mental health disorders in the nation. Well, as this is One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest territory, there is no surprise there.

An angel. In times of mania I have felt that I was an angel in my mania. Is this delusion?
So why did my friends call me an angel?

I want to write a grant to get people living places who are on social security and need a place to live in. People particularly from southern California can come up and get plugged in with the many mental health resources available in Salem. Make your own position.
September 26th-29th I am going to training to be a mentor with Project ABLE. ABLE stands for a better life experience.
I want to lead writing circles. The first step would be WRAP, wellness recovery action plan, the second step would be a web log group. The third step would be autobiographical novels perhaps? I could help lead these groups.
The groups would mesh: ABLE, STEP (skills training enhancement program/DBT) and ROCC (regional outreach community program), and NA. Narcotics anonymous because cigarettes contain nicotine, which is a narcotic and a high percentage of people with mental health diagnosis have an addiction to tobacco.
STEP offers tobacco and you and tobacco reduction, ABLE offers TIPS to end smoking, ROCC has nicotine anonymous meetings, SOS has NA groups.
With these groups I will definitely have the help I need with stopping tobacco.
The idea or thought is that of a higher power. All four groups: STEP, ABLE, ROCC and SOS should address the concept of working the steps. STEP and ABLE can bypass the spiritual component but only to a point. The steps are very important for a person who has a nicotine addiction to use and follow.

So what are the STEPS, or steps and traditions of NA? Marijuana is a narcotic and a medicine.

The Twelve Steps of Narcotics Anonymous

1. We admitted that we were powerless over our addiction, that our lives had become unmanageable.
2. We came to believe that a Power greater than ourselves could restore us to sanity.
3. We made a decision to turn our will and our lives over to the care of God as we understood Him.
4. We made a searching and fearless moral inventory of ourselves.
5. We admitted to God, to ourselves, and to another human being the exact nature of our wrongs.
6. We were entirely ready to have God remove all these defects of character.
7. We humbly asked Him to remove our shortcomings.
8. We made a list of all persons we had harmed and became willing to make amends to them all.
9. We made direct amends to such people wherever possible, except when to do so would injure them or others.
10. We continued to take personal inventory and when we were wrong promptly admitted it.
11. We sought through prayer and meditation to improve our conscious contact with God as we understood Him, praying only for knowledge of His will for us and the power to carry that out.
12. Having had a spiritual awakening as a result of these steps, we tried to carry this message to addicts, and to practice these principles in all our affairs.

Tomorrow I am beginning with Step One. Instead of a sponsor I have a mentor, Dale who has worked the steps.

The Twelve Traditions
of Narcotics Anonymous

1. Our common welfare should come first; personal recovery depends on NA unity.
2. For our group purpose there is but one ultimate authority - a loving God as He may express Himself in our group conscience. Our leaders are but trusted servants; they do not govern.
3. The only requirement for membership is a desire to stop using.
4. Each group should be autonomous except in matters affecting other groups or NA as a whole.
5. Each group has but one primary purpose - to carry the message to the addict who still suffers.
6. An NA group ought never endorse, finance, or lend the NA name to any related facility or outside enterprise, lest problems of money, property, or prestige divert us from our primary purpose.
7. Every NA group ought to be fully self-supporting, declining outside contributions.
8. Narcotics Anonymous should remain forever nonprofessional, but our service centers may employ special workers.
9. NA, as such, ought never be organized, but we may create service boards or committees directly responsible to those they serve.
10. Narcotics Anonymous has no opinions on outside issues; hence the NA name ought never be drawn into public controversy.
11. Our public relations policy is based on attraction rather than promotion; we need always maintain personal anonymity at the level of press, radio, and films.
12. Anonymity is the spiritual foundation of all our Traditions, ever reminding us to place principles before personalities.

Are the twelve steps and traditions of NA the same as those of nicotine anonymous or nicA?

The Twelve Steps of Nicotine Anonymous

We admitted we were powerless over nicotine – that our lives had become unmanageable. Came to believe that a Power greater than ourselves could restore us to sanity. Made a decision to turn our will and our lives over to the care of God as we understood Him. Made a searching and fearless moral inventory of ourselves. Admitted to God, to ourselves, and to another human being the exact nature of our wrongs. Were entirely ready to have God remove all these defects of character. Humbly asked Him to remove our shortcomings. Made a list of all persons we had harmed, and became willing to make amends to them all. Made direct amends to such people wherever possible, except when to do so would injure them or others. Continued to take personal inventory and when we were wrong promptly admitted it. Sought through prayer and meditation to improve our conscious contact with God as we understood Him, praying only for knowledge of His will for us and the power to carry that out. Having had a spiritual awakening as the result of these steps, we tried to carry this message to nicotine users and to practice these principles in all our affairs.

and the traditions:

The Twelve Traditions of Nicotine Anonymous

Our common welfare should come first; personal recovery depends upon Nicotine Anonymous unity. For our group purpose there is but one ultimate authority - a loving God as He may express Himself in our group conscience. Our leaders are but trusted servants; they do not govern. The only requirement for Nicotine Anonymous membership is a desire to stop using nicotine. Each group should be autonomous except in matters affecting other groups or Nicotine Anonymous as a whole. Each group has but one primary purpose - to carry its message to the nicotine addict who still suffers. A Nicotine Anonymous group ought never endorse, finance, or lend the Nicotine Anonymous name to any related facility or outside enterprise, lest problems of money, property, and prestige divert us from our primary purpose. Every Nicotine Anonymous group ought to be fully self-supporting, declining outside contributions. Nicotine Anonymous should remain forever non-professional, but our service centers may employ special workers. Nicotine Anonymous, as such, ought never be organized; but we may create service boards or committees directly responsible to those they serve. Nicotine Anonymous has no opinion on outside issues; hence the Nicotine Anonymous name ought never be drawn into public controversy. Our public relations policy is based on attraction rather than promotion; we need always maintain personal anonymity at the level of press, radio, TV, and films. Anonymity is the spiritual foundation of all our traditions, ever reminding us to place principles before personalities.

Does Lithium Cause Tooth Decay?

I am feeling depressed today. When people are depressed they do not want to brush their teeth. I have not brushed my teeth yet this morning.
I do not want to go to my writer's circle. I do not want to go to sing with the choir.
So what did I do?
I called my mentor with Project ABLE, Dale. We spoke for eighteen minutes until we hung up.
I spoke with my boyfriend Steve. We are going to work on selling authority websites through todaysgrowthconsultant.com
I started smoking cigarettes a couple of days ago.
I am very upset about my daughter Rachel. I am long done with my niece so I am not worried about that...
Do you feel your depression?
Are you capable of charting your moods?
There should be some sort of online mood charting mechanism...it would be an easy application to facebook or emails.
I think that emails are better than facebook. Facebook has this automatic sort of manic quality to it. It's like, all of a sudden, people who I thought I'd never speak to again! wooaaaah. they are still out there!
But it really should move toward the private email.

I have a master's degree in educational administration, yet do I have anything?
This morning in my car, a thought came to me, "Amy, society desperately needs you. You are highly educated. You have something to offer."\
Then, the negative thought came about why do they keep prosecuting me? I hate living in Salem Asylum sometimes.
Well, I heard that the Oregon State Hospital got 700 new beds and that if you have a misdemeanor they cannot keep you longer than a few days now. Someone from ROCC< regional outreach community center told me that.
They need more connectivity between the ROCC, ABLE and STEP. I mean seriously, why has it taken me almost three years to begin to get a little bit more comfortable with agencies designed to help me out there.
These programs, by denying easy community link in, are obviously very ineffecicntly run.
I just applied for a consultative trainer in efficiency for Pacific Efficiency. And I do so enjoy working for todays growth consultant .com just still fishing for a salaried position. The average person searches for nine months to find one in this economy.

But people are still out there working are they not?
Those with unilateral hearing, fibromylagia, asthma, bipolar disorder and PTSD. Do you need us do you want us? The Office of Vocational Rehabilitation is taking over six months to even begin helping me find a job. Is that efficient?> They are claiming that people with disabilities make better employees because they are more motivated to stay with the job once they get hired because it was even that much more difficult for them to obtain.\
So by making us wait they prove their point....suffer little ones, suffer, we will release the light at the end of the tunnel after you've learned a few more lessons about how leprous you are for being disabled. ugh. excuse my negative slant.\
And I have such a negative outlook today. Because I am depressed...
I like my new boyfriend though.

Does Lithium Cause Tooth Decay?

Today is Saturday, August 20th, 2011...
So, the question is: Does Lithium Cause Tooth Decay?
What is lithium? What does it do for you? Some people have explained it as a naturally occuring salt. Ancient Greeks used to bathe in lithium pools to stimulate a stable mood. Lithium is the gold standard for bipolar disorder.

But enough about lithium.
Does cigarette smoking cause tooth decay? Overwhelming scientific evidence says yes, it does.
I need to get at least one implant and I cannot do that if I am a smoker. I basically had almost 42 days on the patch. Tonight, my niece was pushing all my buttons with her ADHD and refusal to get on medication. So, I went and bought some Marlboro menthol lights and smoked a few...
I am getting off track.
No, the lithium does not cause tooth decay. It causes us to remain stable so that we can make better decisions such as quitting smoking. People with mental health disorders are twice as likely to smoke cigarettes as a "normal" person.
Next Wednesday I have a medical appointment with my subscriber, Tim.
I am going to add Trazedone and Clonodine to my medicine regimine along with lithium.
Trazedone and Clonodine will help me get some sleep at night.
The Clonodine will help with high blood pressure.
I went to get on the birth control pill today at Marion County Health Department and she is one of a few medical providers who has told me that I have high blood pressure. I do not want to die of heart disease or a stroke!

So, here I am at 3:25 in the morning, thinking that I need to quit smoking.  I wanted to go to the YMCA at noon and do yoga. Now I feel like crap because I smoked and I want another one.

Is the following a fictional story or fact?
I told my niece that I never try the same tactic with people who I feel threatened by. She ran to the local pub and I went to pick her up there because she has a major drinking problem just like her mother.
I waited outside the establishment in my car. She had met a man named Robert who came out to my vehicle to tell me that my niece was sorry. He told me he sang karaoke after we engaged in conversation.
I think that Project ABLE and STEP need a karaoke machine.

I am running out of money. I need to make some sales for this company I began working for because it is commission based.
I am going out into the community and meeting with business owners. I am going to hand them my business card with Todaysgrowthconsultant.com...
I think that by adding the personal touch, I will generate more sales.
I am excited.
My mother came to town and purchased an XBox 360 for my birthday.

I cannot stand my niece. She is really and truly ungrateful and I am sick of her shenanigans.
More than one person on the psychiatric crisis line told me that she is using me and that it is not just a condition of her ADHD.
Why, oh why, is she in denial about her medication?
 I just cannot take it anymore.

Wish me luck dear reader. I will be in touch. I sincerely need your deep felt thoughts and prayers.

*MentalHealthDepot: Rebuilding America One Brain at a Time!

Hey, don't you think the karaoke machine is a good idea?

Does Lithium Cause Tooth Decay?

Today is Thursday, August 11th, 2011.
I have been taking lithium carbonate off and on for the last four years. I had a few episodes of mania during which I was switched to depakote, zyprexa and even back to seroquel.
I am experiencing more stability on lithium. I believe this is in part due to the fact that I am no longer medicating with cannabis. I am on the minimal dose of 600 mg. However, I have had some rapid tooth decay and tonight began to wonder if the lithium had anything to do with it. I did a brief google search and found nothing medically conclusive.
I did find an interesting article however, from around two years ago, stating that the Japanese have added lithium to their water in some districts and have been experiencing a lower suicide rate. Another article stated all kinds of things that the lithium is good for.

So what has caused my rapid tooth decay? At another point I researched whether head trauma, such as beatings cause it. The research said no.

I remember my alcoholic battering boyfriend so well. He would say to me quite frequently, "I am going to bust your grill." He did almost punch me directly in the mouth once, but I ducked and he struck my forehead, causing me to blackout with a minor concussion. When i came to two days later, he told our neighbors that I was only swaying and behaving funny because I had just had brain surgery. Brain surgery, um, yeah....

What he did do to "bust my grill" was use all my money so I had nothing to go to dental cleanings with. I also slipped into such a state of depression that I stopped brushing my teeth.
He would go to get his beer and buy me a Coke slurpee or a Caramello bar every time to assuage his guilt for his alcoholism.

Thank God he is out of my life...but here is the prognosis for my teeth.

I have since learned the numbers of my teeth. I love my teeth. I have always loved eating and am on the heavier side.
I have completely lost #4 bicuspid. Actually, there is some root left, but my dentist said that he cannot build a tooth on it. I plan on leaving it in as long as possible to prevent bone structure decay, and then get an implant when I can afford it.

#19 molar in the bottom back is cracked in half but the roots appear to be in tact. The dentist said he should be able to rebuild it with a post. I hope I can come up with the money for a crown as soon as possible. This tooth has almost been broken for a year now.

I was finally able to get some dental work done by joining Careington Dental Plan and receiving monies from a disability account I paid into as a teacher, but it is not enough to support all the work I need to have done.

I had what I thought was a complete root canal done last year on tooth #14 upper molar. But apparently the dentist did not do full restoration with gutta percha and my new dentist is saying he will have to redo the entire thing.

The new dentist has began a root canal on upper right molar, tooth #3.
In addition I had deep cavities that almost needed root canals on #15, #13, #12, #2.
I had a small cavity on number 30 that has been filled.

When I was six I had a filling done on #31 and number 18. Number 18 I was about to lose benefits from my job so I foolishly had the dentist refill it when I was around 24. A tiny bit of that back molar recently cracked so I will most likely need a crown on it sometime in the relatively near future.
My gums have started bleeding and I need a deep cleaning on the top and a regular cleaning on the bottom...

The batterer got me addicted to regular soda. I have been trying to switch back to Diet as I know the sugar attracts the bacteria that creates the acid which causes decay:(.

So, does lithium cause tooth decay?
I would have to say no. It has caused me to come to a place of stability so that I can make less impulsive decisions with better judgment and get back to the place where I am making better decisions in my life, especially concerning hygiene and health.

For all of you struggling with a mental disorder I am sure that you can understand that hygiene is so important. Isn't that why they give us the hygiene kits when we go to the hospital? So that we can refocus on our bodies and not just the torment of our minds, oftentimes because we have been the victims of terrible abuse and atrocities?

Please, brush your teeth:). Dentures suck and I am doing everything I can to put a stop to the madness of losing my teeth in my mid to late thirties!!!!!

I also wish we had better dental care in America. It is outrageous that we do not. And now just paying for the more expensive mouth rinse...I think they should lower the price on that as well. And I think everyone should get free toothbrushes and paste!
As for floss, I heard it from when I was little,,,floss! Well, let me tell you I floss daily now.
Live and learn...

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Amy