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Old Feb 24, 2017, 07:57 PM
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I am not taking a high dose(300 mg twice). Instead of taking it in the morning and evening, I would gradually switch to late after noon and evening and maybe eventually take it all at once. My pdoc does not seem to be concerned about it but I know lithium is tricky.
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Old Feb 24, 2017, 09:35 PM
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I take 750mg of Lithium a day, 500mg am and 250mg pm. At times I take higher doses but still spit it as directed by my pdoc. I think Lithium stays in the bloodstream for about 12 hours so splitting it seems logical but there was a time that I took all my 750mg in the am and I noticed no difference in effectiveness. If your pdoc thinks taking it all at once is fine I can't see a problem there. Is it working for you?
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Old Feb 25, 2017, 05:04 AM
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Are you taking the slow release type?
The last time he was asking how I take it aren't YOU suppose to tell me? - methinks. Anyway I called the pharmacist and she suggested slowly merging the two pills(times) -obviously not at once. Will report back if there are issues.
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Old Feb 25, 2017, 07:11 AM
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No, I am taking the fast release, standard Lithium Carbonate. All the best.
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Old Feb 25, 2017, 07:45 AM
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I take 900 mg all at once, at night. Don't see why it would matter.
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Old Feb 25, 2017, 03:22 PM
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Lithium is new to me. I'm now on 300 am and 600 pm. My pdoc said I'm just now entering therapeutic range. I'm currently in a depressive spell and hope this will pull me out of it.
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