Posted by former poster on June 27, 2010, at 13:54:51
In reply to Be extra careful about Lithium levels » alchemy, posted by violette on June 27, 2010, at 13:27:07
Thanks for that post. Perhaps there is no consistent safety threshold for Lithium? It has me thinking now.. I took Lithium in the 1980's for 3 weeks. I started getting severe tinnitus, shaky hands. It didnt go away when I stopped and has only got worse since then.
Your post reminds me of another incident:
My mother ended up on Lithium in a nursing home. She got the same dementia "psychosis" you described. It turned out the staff neglected to have her blood levels checked.
My sister,who is working in the healthcare field, asked the staff if she could see my mothers chart. Turns out, they hadn't checked the levels in months. After demanding she be tested immediately, they found that she had several times the poisonous level of Lithium in her. She seemed to recover after a few weeks.
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