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Originally Posted by Yoda
If your pdoc does blood level checks regularly you should be okay. In my opinion though only every three months is insufficient. My pdoc was going for months between checking blood levels and I became toxic. I had explosive diarrhea, vomiting and itching over my whole body. She had to admit me inpatient and my level was 2.9 (therapeutic level is 0.5-1.2). Many people do quite well on it though.
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Just have to really watch that lithium level, particularly if there are other meds and health issues involved. My husband became toxic even with regular monitoring. His level was 3.3 and his kidneys were shutting down. Had dialysis and was in intensive care for over a week. Very unusual case. This is NOT a usual event on lithium. In fact, every last doctor who treated him had never seen such a severe case of lithium toxicity. No permanent kidney damage even after all of that.