Posted by Ginjoint on October 3, 2002, at 9:03:14
In reply to lithium monitoring schedule, posted by Squiggles on October 3, 2002, at 8:20:09
I'm no longer on lithium (had to stop because the tremors got so bad), but I was for about 13 years. At first, I had my blood checked about every three months. As time wore on, and it became apparent that I was on a good therapeutic dose, I had it checked once a year by my internist. BTW, lowering the dose didn't help with the tremors -- it was as if something just switched in my body after all those years and any amount of it caused me to shake very badly, which was a shame because it really helped level me out.
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