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<blockquote data-quote="Janna" data-source="post: 62709" data-attributes="member: 2737"><p>Holy moly, Sara! :smile: Thanks for the info on that. Whoa!!!!!!!! I would have looked it up prior to giving it to Dylan anyway, that's the rule, 48 hours for me to do research before writing the script, but OMG!</p><p></p><p>Yeah, we did a blood draw about 3 weeks ago. psychiatrist was hoping the thyroid would be the one way that would be making Dylan hyper (I forget high low or low high or whatever it is) so he could drop the Synthroid down (he's on .75 mcg), but it wasn't, it was perfect, so we had to leave it. His Lithium level was .79 on 900 mg. (300 AM, 600 PM). I know the levels go up and down, but we had been checking it very frequently for a while there, and Dylan had done best around 1.0 or even a tad higher at 1.1, so we upped his Lithium another 150 mg. I guess we need another blood draw. He goes to the doctor next week, we can do it then. Even at .79 though, he is theraputic. I know the book says .8 - but through the hospital, their theraputic is .6. I would think even at .79, it should be doing SOMETHING lol. </p><p></p><p>I appreciate all the good thoughts and such. This, too, shall pass, and we will find a good mix again, I just know it. If you guys knew him personally, you would fall in love. So heartbreaking, because he really wants to be perfect, so bad. He doesn't want to be hyper, doesn't want to be manic, doesn't want to do the things he does. He knows we get frustrated, and that in turn frustrates him, because he WANTS to stop, and can't. I think the Residential Treatment Facility (RTF) is going to be good for him.</p><p></p><p>Thanks again :smile:</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Janna, post: 62709, member: 2737"] Holy moly, Sara! [img]:smile:[/img] Thanks for the info on that. Whoa!!!!!!!! I would have looked it up prior to giving it to Dylan anyway, that's the rule, 48 hours for me to do research before writing the script, but OMG! Yeah, we did a blood draw about 3 weeks ago. psychiatrist was hoping the thyroid would be the one way that would be making Dylan hyper (I forget high low or low high or whatever it is) so he could drop the Synthroid down (he's on .75 mcg), but it wasn't, it was perfect, so we had to leave it. His Lithium level was .79 on 900 mg. (300 AM, 600 PM). I know the levels go up and down, but we had been checking it very frequently for a while there, and Dylan had done best around 1.0 or even a tad higher at 1.1, so we upped his Lithium another 150 mg. I guess we need another blood draw. He goes to the doctor next week, we can do it then. Even at .79 though, he is theraputic. I know the book says .8 - but through the hospital, their theraputic is .6. I would think even at .79, it should be doing SOMETHING lol. I appreciate all the good thoughts and such. This, too, shall pass, and we will find a good mix again, I just know it. If you guys knew him personally, you would fall in love. So heartbreaking, because he really wants to be perfect, so bad. He doesn't want to be hyper, doesn't want to be manic, doesn't want to do the things he does. He knows we get frustrated, and that in turn frustrates him, because he WANTS to stop, and can't. I think the Residential Treatment Facility (RTF) is going to be good for him. Thanks again [img]:smile:[/img] [/QUOTE]
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