LSD and lithium orotate

[mike1127]

I see in the psychodelic forum sticky info that it's considered dangerous to combine lithium and LSD. By "lithium" I assume they mean the pharmaceutical lithium carbonate, which is used for bipolar in doses around 400 to 800 mg.

I am taking an over-the-counter supplement called "lithium orotate". The amount of lithium I take daily is around 30 mg. (Each tablet has 120 mg of lithium orotate which means 5 mg of elemental lithium -- I take 6 of these per day.)

Would this amount of lithium orotate be dangerous with LSD?

 

[Survival0200]

There might be a risk of serotonine syndrome, so I wouldn't recommend this combination.

 

[mike1127]

Do you mean with any lithium, or is the risk specifically with lithium orotate? Does it matter that the amount is 20 times smaller than the typical pharmaceutical lithium dose?

Also I didn't realize there was any risk of serotonin syndrome with LSD. Is this a general risk? I'm on an SSRI too. In the psychedelic forum they have a listing of dangerous combinations with LSD and they don't have "SSRI" on that list, but if you are saying there is some general connection between serotonin and LSD then I would wonder about it.