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Marcia Purse

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Monitoring Lithium Blood Levels - Why It's Essential

When you're taking lithium, the effective dose has a narrow range. If the level of lithium in your blood is too low, you may not be getting what you need out of the medication. If it's too high, you risk experiencing lithium toxicity. Before you even start taking lithium your kidney and thyroid functions should be tested, because if the... Read more Chevron

posted 03/26/2011, comment (1)|

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Marcia Purse

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I'm single, living alone, and currently coping well with my BP.

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Lithium in Bipolar Disorder - How Does It Work?

Introduction Doctors who first noticed that the chemical element lithium caused mood stabilization were using it to treat gout. In 1949 an Australian psychiatrist, John Cade, was the first to publish a paper about using lithium to treat acute mania, but the FDA didn't approve the drug for use in bipolar disorder until 1970. Along the way... Read more Chevron

posted 03/24/2011, comments (0)|

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I am ill, ill with Bipolar

This is what I know and have learned over the years... I am no one important, scholared, nor am I a professional anything or expert on much. I am a person who has a mental illness called Bipolar and have suffered and still do, with it, 24/7. It is a simple, primitive, understanding of my own mind. Bipolar brings about issues... Read more Chevron

posted 03/05/2011, comments (6)|

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Bipolar with heart condition

I am bipolar and also have long qt syndrome. It is like "SIDS" but SADS (sudden adult death syndrome usually due at birth. I had an episode which I was clinically dead for 5 minutes. I now have a pace maker and defib. which will shock me if needed. My question is that I need to be treated for my bipolar... Read more Chevron

posted 02/19/2011, comments (0)|

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ildhood diagnoses: are they helping or hurting our kids?

How young is too young for a diagnosis? When do meds hurt kids more than they help? I've seen only enough to have mixed feelings on the subject. What about you? Read more at ladybehindthemask.blogspot.com

posted 01/10/2011, comment (1)|

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