Thread: Fear of lithium
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Old Nov 12, 2014, 06:22 AM
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Originally Posted by ozzy1313 View Post
My pdoc is keeping me at 300mg until I see her in 5 weeks. She is not having me do any blood work in that time. I asked her about it and she said this is such a low dose we don't need to worry about that right now, we just need to get me stable asap. Is that normal? Does 300 mg even do anything?
It can. Although there is a recommended range, I had a pdoc who said it is possible to have benefits below that. My levels are generally 0.4 to 0.6, which is low, but the pdoc says it is a good maintenance level. Plus it does help.

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