Posted by Squiggles on November 2, 2006, at 8:16:38
In reply to Bipolars: Lithium levels, dosage and adjuncts., posted by ronaldo on November 2, 2006, at 3:24:26
I am prescribed 300mg lithium carbonate
3 x per day. I have been on this dose
for more than 20 years now.
When initiated the first year
I was started slowly and raised within a
year (if my memory serves me well).
With that I take 1.50 mg Klonopin.I also take Synthroid for lithium-induced
hypothyroidism - 0.112.I have asked if i could take a smaller dose
of lithium, but my blood levels being
consistently 0.8-1.2, my dr. does not think
it is a good idea to lower it.You may not have seen my post on a counterfeit
lithium batch i took last year -- within 6
months i reached mixed states - a very dangerous
fall. I was able to raise myself out of it by
switching pharmacies and getting the "good" stuff.
I think that is proof that I am bipolar, if there was ever any doubt in my dr.'s mind or mine, or anyone else's.Squiggles
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