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So, the psychiatrist upped the lithium dose
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<blockquote data-quote="DammitJanet" data-source="post: 545924" data-attributes="member: 1514"><p>Terry, is he having any shaking of his hands that he cant control. Im worried that the turbulence feeling he is describing could be a sort of not being able to breath correctly. Even though he is in on an really small dose, it is possible for him to have side effects. Is he tongue thrusting in anyway or having any other sort of twitching? </p><p></p><p>Another thing, do you have him drinking enough water and have you kept him on the same amount of salt that he was eating before he started taking lithium. In other words, if you let him salt his foods and let him have potato chips and crackers with salt...still let him. Dont stop his salt intake now. Lithium is a salt and his body needs to be on the same amount that he used to be on so it doesnt get confused. Dont get me to explain. But he definitely needs to be drinking a ton of water especially in this heat and when school starts he needs a note to keep a water bottle with him. </p><p></p><p>Lithium may not be the medication for him. He may need to go on depakote or one of the other mood stabilizers. In fact, I am a bit surprised they started with lithium. They usually try one of the others first because while lithium is the gold standard for bipolar, once you try it and come off it, it sometimes doesnt work as well again. Or so I have been told.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="DammitJanet, post: 545924, member: 1514"] Terry, is he having any shaking of his hands that he cant control. Im worried that the turbulence feeling he is describing could be a sort of not being able to breath correctly. Even though he is in on an really small dose, it is possible for him to have side effects. Is he tongue thrusting in anyway or having any other sort of twitching? Another thing, do you have him drinking enough water and have you kept him on the same amount of salt that he was eating before he started taking lithium. In other words, if you let him salt his foods and let him have potato chips and crackers with salt...still let him. Dont stop his salt intake now. Lithium is a salt and his body needs to be on the same amount that he used to be on so it doesnt get confused. Dont get me to explain. But he definitely needs to be drinking a ton of water especially in this heat and when school starts he needs a note to keep a water bottle with him. Lithium may not be the medication for him. He may need to go on depakote or one of the other mood stabilizers. In fact, I am a bit surprised they started with lithium. They usually try one of the others first because while lithium is the gold standard for bipolar, once you try it and come off it, it sometimes doesnt work as well again. Or so I have been told. [/QUOTE]
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