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Originally Posted by Crazynurse
Lithium......after a wild med cocktail following my hospitalization, I tapered down to nothing but Lithium which was my saving grace for about 3 yrs. I had no weight gain as with other meds....no hand tremor.....no drooling, lol....not zoned out... and I was able to go back to work as a highly functioning RN. My problem occurred with a brain aneurism in August (in no way related) and treatment for it that I became Lithium toxic....no one knows exactly why. You do have to have blood panels done on regular basis to check Lithium level, kidney and thyroid function but I never had problems til aneurism. I would take it again today if I could !!!!!
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Thanks Crazynurse... I'm also and RN and one of my biggest fears is losing the ability to be a highly functional RN actually. I am scared to death about that. I go to the pdoc in a few weeks and I think I'm going to go ahead and make the switch... I just don't want to make the switch and start coming off the meds I'm on now and get all screwed up again... I hope you're feeling better from the brain aneurysm. Thanks for the support.