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HELP! ER VISIT LAST NIGHT< doctor THINKS IM CRAZY!!
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<blockquote data-quote="neednewtechnique" data-source="post: 77152" data-attributes="member: 3527"><p>Well, I called the Pharmacist, and he offered a pretty decent suggestion that might be worth a shot if her regular doctor will agree to it, and he said he would try to help me convince her. He suggested that Lithium is supposed to work on Bipolar 1 in the same manner that Lamictal works, and that if she would be willing to prescribe a week or two worth of this medication to get her through until the psychiatrist comes back, he would talk to her on the phone and try to come up with a comparable dosage between the Lamictal and the Lithium so that she was medicated about the same. He said that with something like this, the dosage may not be perfect, but it would at least help get her through the "crash" of coming off the Lamictal and the week that she would otherwise be unmedicated. He said that he would hate to see her go without anything and have the "crash" cause her to have a psychotic break that would land her in the hospital, especially since the Lamictal has been working SO WELL. I read somewhere while I was looking up the medication someone said that if they WERE going to develop the rash, they would rather get it right away before the medication starts to work, so that they don't know what they are missing! I tend to agree with that, because now that we KNOW it works and works well, and she might have to stop taking it, its a little disappointing!!!!</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="neednewtechnique, post: 77152, member: 3527"] Well, I called the Pharmacist, and he offered a pretty decent suggestion that might be worth a shot if her regular doctor will agree to it, and he said he would try to help me convince her. He suggested that Lithium is supposed to work on Bipolar 1 in the same manner that Lamictal works, and that if she would be willing to prescribe a week or two worth of this medication to get her through until the psychiatrist comes back, he would talk to her on the phone and try to come up with a comparable dosage between the Lamictal and the Lithium so that she was medicated about the same. He said that with something like this, the dosage may not be perfect, but it would at least help get her through the "crash" of coming off the Lamictal and the week that she would otherwise be unmedicated. He said that he would hate to see her go without anything and have the "crash" cause her to have a psychotic break that would land her in the hospital, especially since the Lamictal has been working SO WELL. I read somewhere while I was looking up the medication someone said that if they WERE going to develop the rash, they would rather get it right away before the medication starts to work, so that they don't know what they are missing! I tend to agree with that, because now that we KNOW it works and works well, and she might have to stop taking it, its a little disappointing!!!! [/QUOTE]
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