Posted by Squiggles on August 12, 2007, at 20:54:56
In reply to Lithium Good Bad Ugly? - Very Good, posted by barbaracat on August 12, 2007, at 20:16:03
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> I'm on a very low dose, 300mg twice a day - not even near that sacred 'therapeutic window' which would have me taking twice as much.That's 3x as much - 900mg is the average;
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> Weight - yes, but as long as I can motivate to get good exercise it's not a problem. You really must commit to expending more energy on any of these meds.
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> I'll repeat this, cause I think it's important. The dosing based on your blood level therapeutic window most pdocs insist on is generally too high - it reflects a person's level in a full blown manic state. Ask to try it much lower. As I said, 600mg works fine for me but yikes, do I ever notice it when I don't take it.
>I have always thought this but every time I asked for the dose to be lowered, i was told I was in the normal therapeutic range (0.8-1.2). I figure this is medical policy and any doctor would do the same thing, at least at a university hospital. It's the bloods that count.
Squiggles
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