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Old Aug 23, 2014, 04:54 PM
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And by the way, a good friend of mine was on lithium for 30 years, and now her kidneys are shot. She's in line for a kidney transplant. She says it's because of the lithium. Just saying what she told me, but it'd be worth a discussion with one's pdoc if taking lithium.
I know...this actually scares me and I think about it a lot. My pdoc and I have discussed it and lithium keeps me pretty sane most of the time, seemingly more so than any other drug. The benefits out weigh the risks (or at least I pray they do because I often doubt this). She keeps my levels high.
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