"Medicine" Lithium

Medical uses

Main article: Lithium pharmacology

In 1843, lithium carbonate was used as a new solvent for stones in the bladder. In 1859, some doctors recommended a therapy with lithium salts for a number of ailments including gout, urinary calculi, rheumatism, mania, depression and headache. In 1949, Cade discovered the anti-manic effects of lithium ions. This knowledge led lithium, specifically lithium carbonate to be used to treat mania associated with bipolar disorder.

Lithium carbonate is used to treat mania, the elevated phase of bipolar disorder. Lithium ions interfere with ion transport processes (see “sodium pump”) that relay and amplify messages carried to the cells of the brain.^[5] In mania there is an observed irregular increase in protein kinase C (PKC) activity within the brain. A recent study has shown that lithium carbonate and sodium valproate, another drug traditionally used to treat the disorder, act in the brain by inhibiting PKC’s activity and help to create other compounds that also inhibit the PKC.^[6] Additionally, daily doses of lithium have been found to delay progression of amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS) in an Italian study of 44 people with the disorder. No other treatment to date has shown such a dramatic effect on ALS.^[7] Despite these findings, a great deal remains unknown regarding lithium's mood controlling properties.

How I Ended Up In IMH

It started when I was in Simei Care Centre.

Well, at first when I was brought and to being staying in Simei Care Centre, I did see the doctor before at IMH, BUT there wasn't any diagnosis, I wasn't diagnosed with anything. The doctors could "find anything wrong" with me. And it was my personality they say.

One night I was away from Simei Care Centre and in school (i think) (forgot due to ECT), I didn't feel like, or didn't want to go back. I took the next coming bus opposite TP and I random took the bus ride. And it landed me up to Pasir Ris.

I walked the streets of Pasir Ris, it was midnight. I sang so hard at the cars that was passing past me in Katy Perry California Gurls. I cried so hard in the middle of the road and walk right into cars and avoiding them to let them pass. I was so battered that I couldn't live with my parents, I was seperated from them from a period of time, I couldn't contact my sister.

It was midnight and there wasn't much cars, so I played this game with the cars, I went right into the middle of the road and walk straight. Into cars coming my way. And when they come near, I'll shift to the right, and left and thereafter. And one guy in a truck-bus wound down the window and said "SIAO AH!".

And I met this man, rather pudgy. I met him as he was crossing the road, I was walking in the middle of the road so the taxis thought I was flagging them. He was somehow flagging his arms I see. So I asked him if he was trying to get a taxi/cab, he says no. He was sweating. And panting. He says "be careful, are you going through something in your life? Sigh, I am, we are too. Just gotta be strong ok?" I'm somehow touched.

Then I went to sit in the crossroad's divider at the road for people crossing the road.

Then it was then a car drove past, I saw it suerve to the side, and two man came out. One an Indian, another a Chinese.

They are from cornerstone church, and they prayed for me. That chinese man is a pastor there. That indian man was saying I used to be like that too, I was suicidal, till I met Jesus.

Then the pastor called the police, after giving me his number. I was crying. I was shocked.

I sang in the police car as well. I stopped crying and sang to Bleeding Love by Leona Lewis on the policewoman's handphone cos I was asking them if they have any songs they could play.

They sent me to Simei Care Centre in the end, and the intern and counsellors in charge there recorded whatever I did and brought me to IMH in the end the next day. Saying there's no choice and I was shouting bitch all over when I came back.

And I cried and laughed in front of the doctor. That was how I got diagnosed - as Bipolar. And later Bipolar mania. In 2009/10. And stayed in the hospital.

I'm eating lithium and risperidone now - mood stabilisers.

It all started when I was seperated from my parents and trying to survive now being at home. It was terrible.

Because I was stressed... Stressed.....

Poem By Gene

Poem By Genev

Far across and being rendered

Love flew with yonder blues

Great is the feeling

Some people wouldn’t see

The sufferings we had,

Time has been changed.

Shout a mighty thunder

We’ll be there to tame

Love is like a darling

Spreads across the field

But who should come to us?

Nought but love afield

month of Oct and November

In mood swings and casual lights, I have drifted through the month of Oct and November.

A lot of events have passed in a world-sense, but here are some events that are still in my memory to recite out.

We have an outing upcoming this November, somewhat Marina Barrage and somewhat about kite-flying, This outing is exclusive to the Admin Unit. The unit which I chose to be in and have been serving in.

Servile spirit aside, we have the giving! In the season to be jolly – Christmas day is coming. And the admin unit are to come out with a Christmas item! Deck the halls with boths of bolly Falalalala lalalala. We’d be singing some old medleys though – Joy to the World, Hark the Herald Angels etc. Heard there’d be a partay comin’ up for us, heard there’d be a five-course feast for the members in a restaurant.

Plus, win a year end of watermelons with the IMH karaoke competition. I missed the audition though, but I was promised to be brought to the rehearsal, explaining I had class. Well, this competition is my sing-songer, haha, actually without winning watermelons,

All in all, still in the good mood and casual flavours.

For Hougang Care Centre Newsletter Nov 2010

For Hougang Care Centre Newsletter Nov 2010

About me section:

Since stepping into the grounds of Hougang Care Centre, brought by my incessant-nagging uncle on that fateful day of 31 August 2010, I have grown to be accustomed to white rice every day of the year, grown in knowledge of another psychiatric care centre, and be surprised there is such a thing as care centres and the Singapore Anglican Community Service.

A hostel-like bed accommodated me – a 19 year old girl that my parents and sister couldn’t stand. Programmes and washing machines welcomed me. I never really like the boring programmes and fights like clothes-throwing happens with the washing machine. YANA always seems soulless, Dreading gym and the mundane everyday drones as always, with some sprinkle of some police involvement in one of my complaints.

I always await the times my friends visits me at the centre and they would go shocked or surprised with this centre within the Institute of Mental Health. I would love to meet the volunteers that makes living fresh when we are walking zombies for things to do.

On a personal note, I have opened myself a door to a plethora of connections and friendships with patients and members of HCC and it seems rather cool to volunteer at these services as well. And since I’m staying/living in it, the easier the reach.

So, we have Hougang Care Centre, Simei Care Centre, Community Rehabilitation Support Services, Temasek Cares Employment Support Services, SACS Family Care, PEACE-Connect Seniors Activity Centre and CITY Community Centre, what else, bring it on.

Let your light shine before men, that they may see your good works and glorify your Father in Heaven. Matt 5:16

Spf.gov.sg/ePC 3

I would like to lodge a report on harassment and verbal abuse, Bullying and Intimidation, stalking, threats and violence as a hazard to me by my Uncle.

I have lodged a police report on 28 Sept 2010 3.56pm.
As I do not have any money as means to travel down to sub court with the report, my counselor promised to bring me in early Oct, just a few days after the lodged report.

But my counselor Joanna, has failed to perform the necessary actions to bring me.
My uncle has stifled me in that area of transportation money.

He has been frequently torturing me in visits to my residential area of 20 Buangkok View, Hougang Care Centre since.
I am currently not staying with my parents for rest and recluse.

Mr Rudy Tan Seng Kok hp 94517163 has failed the duty of a caring biological uncle.
And my parents failed the duty as parents as they are aware of him but my uncle keeps informing them that he is disciplining me, letting him do as he pleases as like a illegal guardian but,

On 14 July 2010
MOCKERY, HUMILIATION:
When my uncle brings me out in his car, he raises the topic of me having no handphones. He boasts he has 5 handphones, one lying here, and there and some at home. He would show a disrespectful behaviour and creates an offence by waving his handphone around in front of my face. He would humiliate me of abusive words by saying “I will give this to your younger sister, and you will have NOTHING”. Then he annoys and alarms me by showing off his handphone features to me.

BULLYING, INTRUDE PRIVACY:
Also, when he has my laptop, he displays disrespectful behaviour by browsing through my laptop, intruding my privacy, telling my family and then making fun of me. I have been very emotionally hurt and traumatized by his bullying.

INTIMIDATION, CONTROL, POWER:
When I was at Simei Care Centre for staying, He was also keeping me away from my mother. When I try to hug her, because I have not seen her for a long time, my uncle comes annoyingly to block, standing between me and her.
He was also constantly bombarding me with a Terms and Condition letter to sign so that I have to listen to him.

He has also went into my father’s house and change the residential line number and house lock without my permission. Now I have no access to home at all. I feel very cut off from the comfort of my home.

VERBAL ASSAULT, ABUSE:
He called me “Cow face, Cow voice, Not gonna make it” that alarms me.

On 23 Oct 2010 Sat 3pm – My Uncle came and captured me to talk to him while I was peacefully sleeping on my dormitory,

BETTLING OPINIONS, CONSTANT CRITICISM:
Calls my mother’s sister a “Malaysian Bitch”

Calls me a “bloody coward, no guts”

Accuses me of various activities which I’ve not done. ie I never came back to the dormitory at 10.30pm on 22 Oct 2010 Fri, but he insisted I did. Saying “Add this to my report”

He wants to ransack my things up in the dormitory with my counselor to snatch away things that he desires.

ABUSIVE WORDS & BEHAVIOUR:
He THREATENS to slap me and openly declares that I can call the police if he does that, and that he doesn’t care. He was very VIOLENT.

He THREATENED me with numerous report he’s gonna make about my little mistakes I’ve done in Hougang Care Centre and giving it as an EXCUSE not to let me home.

He has been STALKING my online profile in knowing activities of my email – even an innocent email to my mother’s sister (aunty)about my fears and trepidations.

And he had ACCUSED that I go online to look for guys when they were only my male friends.

He’s been meeting up with my own pastors, STALKING. He always uses Pastor Joe to his report when Pastor Joe is my own pastor/friend.

He MOCKED me by boasting that he has a lot of friends in Hougang Care Centre and can report me, when he blatantly approaches strangers in HCC to ask for their numbers.

The most important thing that I would like the police and court to assist me in is this – PPO AND a Court Order of A STERN PUNISHMENT NOT TO ABUSE ME AGAIN. Or he be charged with VCH or Verbal Assault, Harassment and Stalking.

Spf.gov.sg/ePC 2

I would like to report theft of my uncle. He has been frequently torturing me in visits to my residential area of 20 Buangkok View, Hougang Care Centre since.

I am currently not staying with my parents for rest and recluse.

Mr Rudy Tan Seng Kok hp 94517163 has failed the duty of a caring biological uncle.
And my parents failed the duty as parents as they are aware of him but my uncle keeps informing them that he is disciplining me, letting him do as he pleases as a illegal guardian. And I detest any rulings from him, because,

My uncle has pocketed over 10 items.

I transfer from Simei Care Centre (SCC) to Hougang Care Centre (HCC) with 5 weeks hospitalisation between.

CLOTHES:
When I was transferred, SCC handed over two luggages to my uncle to be transferred to me. But at HCC, he gave only TWO sets of clothes. He kept away my nicer clothes. The clothes includes tights, cardigans, singlets, and my dresses.

MAGAZINES, CDs:
I found out he has also not transferred my magazines to me, that included CDs, my church’s magazines and devotionals.

WALLET, NAMECARDS, MONEY:
Previously, under VCH at SCC by wrestling me to the ground while pulling my bag away, throwing into car’s bonnet. And when returned with my bag, I realized my pink wallet with metal attachment and strap with my namecards and some money of 60+ cents were missing and stolen away by my Uncle.

BAG, CONTACT LENS, KEYS, JOURNALS, NOTES:
Subsequently, when I entered HCC on 31 August 2010 after a 5 weeks hospitalization, he took away my bag which was transferred to him. Which contained my name cards, my wallet (previously), contacts lens, keys, journals, and my notes. These things are very valuable to me! And holds sentimental values to me! The bag was also a branded bag – New Urban Male. It is black and big as well.

EZLINK CARD:
As I keep me Ezlink card strapped on to the bag, when the bag was given to me, the ezlink card slot at the strap is missing. He has caused a lot of inconveniences to me by keeping the Ezlink card away from me.

HANDPHONE:
Also, he has been stifling me by keeping my handphone away from me for the past months.

LAPTOP:
Most importantly, he stole my laptop. This happened before I was entering into SCC, much earlier on before HCC. He intruded my privacy by browsing the computer. When asks of the laptop, he claims he’s thrown away or it’s spoilt and refused blatantly to return to me. My sister Hp 90595293 saw that he took the laptop from my cupboard while I was at my Tampines home where I kept it and stole away before I entered SCC.
And my precious laptop has been in his dirty possession ever since. My laptop is my prized possession and is being abused in his hands.

I have lodged a police report on 28 Sept 2010 3.56pm.
As I do not have any money as means to travel down to sub court with the report, my counselor promised to bring me in early Oct, just a few days after the lodged report.

But my counselor Joanna, has failed to perform the necessary actions to bring me.

My uncle has stifled me in that area of transportation money.

I decided to lodge an online police report with my previous police case which I also have reported online.

Previously, Mr Rajeev Prashad, police of Hougang NPC advise I could make an EO/PPO against my uncle.

However I am lodging this report to have PPO AND a Court Order for him to RETURN my objects and never to touch them again.

The most important thing that I would like the police and court to assist me in is this – I NEED TO HAVE MY OWN POSSESSIONS RETURNED TO ME. Or he be charged with theft.

Previously I’ve been referred to Hougang NPC by my case manager Ms Sarah Ann Tay Hp81819745. She directed me to Hougang Ave 9 police station from her Iphone and told me how to walk there. There the officers gave me the website to make an online police report.

The report ends here for now.