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Originally Posted by JustMeJen5294
Toxicity can be caused by lots of things. Stomach flu, any time you are dehyrdrated, being too hot and sweating a lot, exercise without water, seemingly random physiological changes (at least that's what 2 of mine seemed like), not getting enough salt to help keep your fluids in, taking meds that interact with lithium (which includes ibuproferon and naproxen--no NSAIDs on lithium).
My first toxicity started with stomach flu and went on for months because I had an ulcer and so vomiting made sense (I was under a ton of stress) and my levels would come back ok because I was vomiting so frequently. Finally I stayed off work to keep the meds down and came back toxic. The next time I had no cause; I started hallucinating and my psychiatrist sent me to the er pretty sure it was neuro. It wasn't until they had a med student in learning about toxicity that I realized I'd had diarrhea, increased tremors, difficulty walking, speech issues, headaches, all lithium toxicity sx (and also sx of other things) for weeks. The 3rd time I had no warning but just was violently, horribly ill and didn't go to the hospital because I was stubborn about it.
I would look it up and not just rely on my memory. Those are the big ones as I recall but there are sure to be other causes I'm forgetting. After all I had toxicity 3 times, I clearly wasn't great at noticing  . |
Oh my gosh that is truly terrible.. My dad was in the military, and he really pushed me my whole life, so I usually push myself to death, and honestly don't realize that I need help with something. I don't seem to have limits and I dont know when i need to take myself to the hospital or advocate for myself. Thats something I need help with because this toxicity thing, its no joke.
Im getting a bit scared because I have had increased tremors a lot lately on and off (Was doing a speech in class, and my hands were shaking uncontrollably..) When I go to school sometimes in the morning, ill notice my hands are shaking for no reason, and my surroundings just seem warped and I feel out of touch a lot of the time..When im driving, ive actually had 2 close calls downtown as far as accidents go and I swear, it wasnt because I was being wreckless [like usually] it was from me feeling 'out of it' and i was just thinking it was a sign of stress and school and little sleep..Ive had random migraines and im not sure why [havent had migraines since i started eating clean] and I am having problems relaying words and talking to people about ideas even though in my head I know what I mean. Its gotten so bad that my professor thinks im dyslexic. She pulled me after class today to ask me to get some testing done because I failed both of my papers because they don't make any sense at all to her. The ideas werent linked, and I went from a bridge to a mountain, and there was no link. Im not sure if that was mania or just my comprehension skills..
ANYWAY, from the stuff I described, does it sound similar to your situation?
Im sorry I rambled, I couldn't talk about this to anyone and ive kind of unloaded.
