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Lithium/Lamictal???
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<blockquote data-quote="Loving Abbey 2" data-source="post: 185655" data-attributes="member: 4845"><p>My difficult child has been on and off Lithium throughout the last couple of years. It does work well, but she always needs one other medication with it. The problems my difficult child has had with Lithium are around the non-fatal side effects-bed wetting, tremors, dulled cognitive functioning, mental fogginess. So we are working on adding depakote to get off the lithium. Once a stable level is reached and the blood work is good, you don't need as many blood draws--the only thing to do is make sure they are well hydrated, especially in the summer because dehyration can cause toxicity. As for the Lamitcal, our psychiatrist says that it works mainly on the depressive side. I've taken it for about a year for my severe depression and it has been wonderful, with no side effects. But it's just not what my difficult child needs. Good luck!</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Loving Abbey 2, post: 185655, member: 4845"] My difficult child has been on and off Lithium throughout the last couple of years. It does work well, but she always needs one other medication with it. The problems my difficult child has had with Lithium are around the non-fatal side effects-bed wetting, tremors, dulled cognitive functioning, mental fogginess. So we are working on adding depakote to get off the lithium. Once a stable level is reached and the blood work is good, you don't need as many blood draws--the only thing to do is make sure they are well hydrated, especially in the summer because dehyration can cause toxicity. As for the Lamitcal, our psychiatrist says that it works mainly on the depressive side. I've taken it for about a year for my severe depression and it has been wonderful, with no side effects. But it's just not what my difficult child needs. Good luck! [/QUOTE]
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