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<blockquote data-quote="DammitJanet" data-source="post: 474084" data-attributes="member: 1514"><p>I really am thinking some of his outbursts are tic related. They seem so uncontrolled even though it may seem deliberate because of the words. Thats the problem with tics that are cuss words. </p><p></p><p>Also, why lithium. Are they thinking bipolar now? As far as I know the only thing lithium treats is bipolar. Well, I am wrong. It can be used for cluster headaches and hypnotic headaches and also for neurodegenerative disease amyotrophic lateral sclerosis. I didnt know that! Learn something new every day. </p><p></p><p>However, I will tell you because of our experience with lithium to make sure you dont change his salt intake up or down now that he is on it. Lithium is a salt so dont stop him from using salt or make him use more salt. Also make sure he drinks lots of water because he can dehydrate easily on lithium. He will also have to get blood levels checked. Make sure they check his thyroid levels because it can cause him to go hypothyroid quite easily. It didnt take Cory 3 months on lithium before he needed to go on synthroid. We noticed it because he started to get a bit moody and his lithium levels were fine so I made them check his thyroid levels and they were low. They put him on synthroid and all was well in the world again. Actually, Cory was in Residential Treatment Center (RTC) and he noticed he was irritable and made them take his levels because he knew to ask to check his thyroid because we had discussed all this beforehand. They just called me to verify that he knew what he was talking about...lol.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="DammitJanet, post: 474084, member: 1514"] I really am thinking some of his outbursts are tic related. They seem so uncontrolled even though it may seem deliberate because of the words. Thats the problem with tics that are cuss words. Also, why lithium. Are they thinking bipolar now? As far as I know the only thing lithium treats is bipolar. Well, I am wrong. It can be used for cluster headaches and hypnotic headaches and also for neurodegenerative disease amyotrophic lateral sclerosis. I didnt know that! Learn something new every day. However, I will tell you because of our experience with lithium to make sure you dont change his salt intake up or down now that he is on it. Lithium is a salt so dont stop him from using salt or make him use more salt. Also make sure he drinks lots of water because he can dehydrate easily on lithium. He will also have to get blood levels checked. Make sure they check his thyroid levels because it can cause him to go hypothyroid quite easily. It didnt take Cory 3 months on lithium before he needed to go on synthroid. We noticed it because he started to get a bit moody and his lithium levels were fine so I made them check his thyroid levels and they were low. They put him on synthroid and all was well in the world again. Actually, Cory was in Residential Treatment Center (RTC) and he noticed he was irritable and made them take his levels because he knew to ask to check his thyroid because we had discussed all this beforehand. They just called me to verify that he knew what he was talking about...lol. [/QUOTE]
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