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Originally Posted by atisketatasket
I think leejosepho has pointed out the basic questions that would arise - and presumably your mother consented to this treatment and signed forms to that effect - which ought to include statements like she'd been warned of side-effects, etc. I was on lithium briefly and told to stop or contact her at the first sign of x y z, did he not do that?
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Because the onset was so fast - just a matter of days, and we thought it was something benign. We had no idea it was lithium until the ER doctor told me they found elevated levels.
Also, my mom was doing some reading about lithium poisoning, and apparently there are a number of tests that are supposed to be conducted before prescribing - my mother underwent none of them, not even with her history of poor reactions to medication.