When I first started buying lithium orotate, the only generic brand of Lithium Orotate I could find was the Advanced Research brand. Now the iherb website offers two other brands: Doctor's Best and Ortho Molecular Products.
I've bought other supplements by Doctor's Best in the past, and I've been very happy with their quality.
However, it took me two tries to make the switch over to Doctor's Best from the Advanced Research brand. I don't know why, but I felt that it took about two to three days for the new brand to work. So the first time I gave up, thinking that it didn't work. But now finally I've made the switch and I've been taking the Doctor's Best Lithium Orotate for about a week and a half. I'm taking 4 pills a day, which is higher than the 3.5 pills that I was recently taking. Also the Doctor's Best brand has 5mg of elemental Lithium per pill, whereas the Advanced Research brand was only 4.8mg per pill. So I am getting a higher dose but I feel great! My moods have been pretty smooth, my concentrate excellent, and my anxiety way less. The holidays are generally a stressful time of the year for me, so I plan to stay on this dosage for at least the next several months.
Unfortunately, I find the lithium orotate pills very hard to cut, and that's especially true with the Doctor's Best brand. My pill cutter tends to crush them instead of cutting them.
The Doctor's Best lithium orotate is in tablet form, just like the Advanced Research brand. However, the Doctor's Best tablets are harder and have a shiny coat to them. My main problem with the Advanced Research brand is that the tablets are so soft that they easily break. Often there are a handful of broken pills in the bottle. Also, in my last bottle, there were several pills that were the wrong shape (too thick) which made me really question the quality control! I didn't take the wrong shaped pills, as there was no way for me to know if they were lithium or not. This is kind of scary, and why I finally switched over to Doctor's Best brand.
If you are looking to buy lithium orotate, you can use a $5 off coupon on iherb if you are a first time customer. Just enter the code LIN282 during checkout on the iherb website.
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Please note that I'm not a doctor and this is only about my personal experience. This is not medical advice. I highly recommend that you consult with a doctor before starting on any supplement.
