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<blockquote data-quote="klmno" data-source="post: 105181" data-attributes="member: 3699"><p>Bugsy, it sounds like you have great responses and are doing the right thing. For my 2 cents- my difficult child has stomach upset every time lithium dosages increase. At one point, they lasted 3 weeks and psychiatrist changed him to time-release version (lithobid) and lowered dosage. psychiatrist said he didn't think lithium would really be causing stomach upset though (really??). Also, psychiatrist told me lithium can't make "cycling" or "hyper" periods worse or more frequent, but I'm not convinced of this either. It has taken the edge off of my difficult child's raging, but other than that, cycling has not improved, nor has hyperness, and I'm not so sure it hasn't made it worse. I know it's the answer for a lot of people and our psychiatrist is convinced it's the right answer for difficult child, but I'm pretty leary about it. When depakote was first added, difficult child said his "chest was hurting a lot and he couldn't breathe normal". I thought it was the dosage of depakote, but now I'm wondering if the lithium didn't play into that, too.</p><p></p><p>Let us know what your psychiatrist says- I'm going to keep a watch!!</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="klmno, post: 105181, member: 3699"] Bugsy, it sounds like you have great responses and are doing the right thing. For my 2 cents- my difficult child has stomach upset every time lithium dosages increase. At one point, they lasted 3 weeks and psychiatrist changed him to time-release version (lithobid) and lowered dosage. psychiatrist said he didn't think lithium would really be causing stomach upset though (really??). Also, psychiatrist told me lithium can't make "cycling" or "hyper" periods worse or more frequent, but I'm not convinced of this either. It has taken the edge off of my difficult child's raging, but other than that, cycling has not improved, nor has hyperness, and I'm not so sure it hasn't made it worse. I know it's the answer for a lot of people and our psychiatrist is convinced it's the right answer for difficult child, but I'm pretty leary about it. When depakote was first added, difficult child said his "chest was hurting a lot and he couldn't breathe normal". I thought it was the dosage of depakote, but now I'm wondering if the lithium didn't play into that, too. Let us know what your psychiatrist says- I'm going to keep a watch!! [/QUOTE]
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