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Posted by ace on April 16, 2003, at 22:40:10
You won't believe this....On lithium for 4 weeks now....6 days on 1250mg. Went to Dr. for Blood test result (taken 4 days after starting 1250mg). Finally the result was .6!!!(therapeutic level) I was expecting .2 like the other times.
I was ready to stop it today.
But in the last 2 days (where I would have been at .6)I noticed OCD worse - when a med does this it's usually agood sign that OCD will be made better. So maybe the Lithium is finally working now by making the oCD worse (INITIALLY) but better in the future.
So Ive been on it 4 weeks
1 of those weeks at 0.6.Should I give it more time? How much more?
Do you agree that it could be making OCD worse in the start?
Or should I just drop it ie even at .2 for 3 weeks it should have performed?
I was ready to start Clonidine up - this is all so confusing.
Thanks guys.Ace.
Posted by Ritch on April 16, 2003, at 23:47:50
In reply to If I've ever needed advice I need it NOW! -Lithium, posted by ace on April 16, 2003, at 22:40:10
> You won't believe this....On lithium for 4 weeks now....6 days on 1250mg. Went to Dr. for Blood test result (taken 4 days after starting 1250mg). Finally the result was .6!!!(therapeutic level) I was expecting .2 like the other times.
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> I was ready to stop it today.
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> But in the last 2 days (where I would have been at .6)I noticed OCD worse - when a med does this it's usually agood sign that OCD will be made better. So maybe the Lithium is finally working now by making the oCD worse (INITIALLY) but better in the future.
>
> So Ive been on it 4 weeks
> 1 of those weeks at 0.6.
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> Should I give it more time? How much more?
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> Do you agree that it could be making OCD worse in the start?
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> Or should I just drop it ie even at .2 for 3 weeks it should have performed?
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> I was ready to start Clonidine up - this is all so confusing.
>
>
> Thanks guys.
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> Ace.I would give it a month at that dosage and blood level. You have got protein kinase C inhibition going on and all sorts of cascade events from taking the lithium that will take days/weeks to fully realize.
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