Posted by katekite on May 19, 2002, at 17:03:53
In reply to Re: Peripheral neuropathies, etc. Is it the lithium?, posted by Squiggles on May 19, 2002, at 14:20:08
It might be a good idea to get blood levels of lithium taken before you drop down on the dose.
Neuropathies can take a long time to resolve, so a week may not tell you much.
If you did happen to have a toxic blood level now, then you would know to not go back up.... however if you drop the dose down, and it doesn't help, and then you have a level taken that is normal you won't know whether it was ever toxic or not. I hope I'm making sense.
I guess what I'm trying to say is to try to diagnose the problem more concretely as to its cause before changing meds around. Nerve conduction studies or EMG by a neurologist would be how it would be diagnosed.
Hope it gets better.
kate
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