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Originally Posted by kikki27
Hi Please ask your doctor too give you something else cause lithium mess up my brother kidneys with failer they should take this med off the market please not lying too you I dont want nobody to suffer like my brother is
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kikki27, I'm sorry your brother was effected by lithium that way. However, there are many people that have been helped by lithium. My mom has been on it since I was 8 years old (I'm 35 now). A person does need to get regular blood work done to ensure the lithium levels are therapeutic and not toxic.
The unfortunate part of being on Psychiatric medication is they will have side effects. The mood stabilizer that I'm on (lamictal) can cause Steven Johnson Syndrome which can be fatal.