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Originally Posted by Blue_Bird
That's the exact thing that happened to me, my kidneys shut down and I was in the ICU for a week on dialysis and I had seizures. I was on 1800mg though and my levels went to about 4.6, I barely remember being in the hospital I was so messed up, they sent me home with a walker. Crazy experience, it helps some people but when it's too much it's dangerous as hell
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It was a nightmare. Because the dialysis pulled all the meds off his system so quickly, he became psychotic and was hallucinating and delusional for a good week. Not fun. Fortunately, there was no long-term kidney damage. I won't touch lithium even for myself anymore; it was pretty traumatic.