I find myself yet again trying to make major health desisions with the internet and my doctor is on vacation for a week... We upped my lithium from 1350 to 1800 mg two weeks ago. Last week my level was 1.2 which in the past has been ok for me. But I started having headaches and difficulty breathing that got worse as the week went on. Muscle jerks, shaking, weak, confused, slurring speech at one point. I called my dr office Mon to at least get the on-call doctor who took 7 hours to call back. I was advised that since it wasn't psych to call my pcp. His waiting time for an appt is about 3 weeks. That leaves the ER in a town that is flooded with people from a drunken festival that adds 6x our population to the city. Meanwhile I'm reading stories of kidney damage, heart damage, coma, etc. I know those are worse case scenarios but still... I'm alone in my house if anything happens. A friend is calling me every morning to make sure I answer. I am trying to make it until Monday but I am getting really cranky with being able to barely get to the restroom or hold up a cell phone.