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Jan 23, 2018, 12:18 PM
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Anyone ever had lithium toxicity and have blurry vision? If so, did it get any better after getting off lithium?
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Jan 23, 2018, 12:26 PM
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Yes I had it. When my lithium dosage was lowered it went away.
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Jan 23, 2018, 12:30 PM
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You are getting regular full panel blood tests? |
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Jan 23, 2018, 03:56 PM
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I've had lithium toxicity a few times. They mostly consisted of blurry vision and hand tremors. My doctor decreased my dosage a bit to see if that would help. He didn't want to jump too far down because it's one of the best meds I'm on. We got to a good point and my levels were fine and all of my side effects went away.
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Jan 23, 2018, 08:06 PM
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My vision would get blurry if I started towards toxic. I just cut back my dose , my Pdoc was fine with it but I decided it just wasn’t a safe enough drug for me, I like my kidneys and working thyroid.
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Jan 23, 2018, 10:34 PM
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I’ve been on Lithium for six years but I have never had toxic levels. I get my levels checked regularly.
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Jan 24, 2018, 08:54 AM
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Jan 24, 2018, 08:42 PM
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Every three months. Just got checked last week
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Feb 02, 2018, 11:23 AM
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Good news. My vision is clear again.
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Feb 02, 2018, 12:01 PM
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Feb 02, 2018, 12:09 PM
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I was on lithium for about 5 months and didn't feel well on it at all. Had miserable hot flashes and frequent blurry vision. I finally couldn't live with how bad I felt, so I stopped taking the lithium. I feel much better and the blurry vision went away quickly.
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Feb 02, 2018, 10:12 PM
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Glad to hear you’re doing better. I had other side effects from Lithium that I couldn’t tolerate.
The only issue I’ve had with blurred/double vision was on a higher dose of Lamictal.
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Feb 05, 2018, 03:09 PM
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Feb 05, 2018, 03:21 PM
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Yes this happened to me. It was terrifying! It went away with a lowered dose of lithium and lots more water consumption.
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