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David Dalton
Mar 27, 2013, 9:23:05 PM3/27/13
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I met with my psychiatrist this afternoon.
My valproic acid blood level was still slightly below
therapeutic range so he increased the divalproex
from 750 mg/day to 1000 mg/day, and he thinks
that he won't need to increase it again in two
weeks time.
Also, beginning tonight I will start to taper off
the lithium carbonate. For the next two weeks
I will drop from 900 mg/day to 600 mg/day. Then
if all has gone well, in two weeks time I will
drop down to 300 mg/day and then later to zero.
I will remain on 10 mg/day of olanzapine.
He had also done kidney blood tests and those
were the same as the last two times they
were done, so there is no sign of them getting
suddenly worse, and no need for me to hasten
getting off the lithium, which has caused the
moderate kidney impairment.
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"Here I go again...back into the flame" (Sarah McLachlan)
My valproic acid blood level was still slightly below
therapeutic range so he increased the divalproex
from 750 mg/day to 1000 mg/day, and he thinks
that he won't need to increase it again in two
weeks time.
Also, beginning tonight I will start to taper off
the lithium carbonate. For the next two weeks
I will drop from 900 mg/day to 600 mg/day. Then
if all has gone well, in two weeks time I will
drop down to 300 mg/day and then later to zero.
I will remain on 10 mg/day of olanzapine.
He had also done kidney blood tests and those
were the same as the last two times they
were done, so there is no sign of them getting
suddenly worse, and no need for me to hasten
getting off the lithium, which has caused the
moderate kidney impairment.
--
David Dalton dal...@nfld.com http://www.nfld.com/~dalton (home page)
http://www.nfld.com/~dalton/nf.html Newfoundland&Labrador Travel & Music
http://www.nfld.com/~dalton/dtales.html Salmon on the Thorns (mystic page)
"Here I go again...back into the flame" (Sarah McLachlan)
David Dalton
Mar 27, 2013, 10:19:46 PM3/27/13
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In article <dalton-5A41FE....@mx05.eternal-september.org>,
Drugs & Withdrawal
http://theicarusproject.net/alternative-treatments/harm-reduction-guide-t
o-coming-off-psychiatric-drugs
recommends coming off even more slowly than that, say
by 10% of the original dose every two weeks. However
I think I should be OK since I am now on another
mood stabilizer (divalproex sodium) and am still on
olanzapine. But I will ask my family and friends
to watch out for unusual symptoms in me as I come
off lithium and for the first while after I am off lithium.
David Dalton <dal...@nfld.com> wrote:
> Also, beginning tonight I will start to taper off
> the lithium carbonate. For the next two weeks
> I will drop from 900 mg/day to 600 mg/day. Then
> if all has gone well, in two weeks time I will
> drop down to 300 mg/day and then later to zero.
But the Harm Reduction Guide To Coming Off Psychiatric
> Also, beginning tonight I will start to taper off
> the lithium carbonate. For the next two weeks
> I will drop from 900 mg/day to 600 mg/day. Then
> if all has gone well, in two weeks time I will
> drop down to 300 mg/day and then later to zero.
Drugs & Withdrawal
http://theicarusproject.net/alternative-treatments/harm-reduction-guide-t
o-coming-off-psychiatric-drugs
recommends coming off even more slowly than that, say
by 10% of the original dose every two weeks. However
I think I should be OK since I am now on another
mood stabilizer (divalproex sodium) and am still on
olanzapine. But I will ask my family and friends
to watch out for unusual symptoms in me as I come
off lithium and for the first while after I am off lithium.
David Dalton
Mar 29, 2013, 8:50:43 PM3/29/13
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> I met with my psychiatrist this afternoon.
>
> My valproic acid blood level was still slightly below
> therapeutic range so he increased the divalproex
> from 750 mg/day to 1000 mg/day, and he thinks
> that he won't need to increase it again in two
> weeks time.
>
> Also, beginning tonight I will start to taper off
> the lithium carbonate. For the next two weeks
> I will drop from 900 mg/day to 600 mg/day. Then
> if all has gone well, in two weeks time I will
> drop down to 300 mg/day and then later to zero.
>
> I will remain on 10 mg/day of olanzapine.
>
> He had also done kidney blood tests and those
> were the same as the last two times they
> were done, so there is no sign of them getting
> suddenly worse, and no need for me to hasten
> getting off the lithium, which has caused the
> moderate kidney impairment.
Today I'm mildly down, and I don't know if that
>
> My valproic acid blood level was still slightly below
> therapeutic range so he increased the divalproex
> from 750 mg/day to 1000 mg/day, and he thinks
> that he won't need to increase it again in two
> weeks time.
>
> Also, beginning tonight I will start to taper off
> the lithium carbonate. For the next two weeks
> I will drop from 900 mg/day to 600 mg/day. Then
> if all has gone well, in two weeks time I will
> drop down to 300 mg/day and then later to zero.
>
> I will remain on 10 mg/day of olanzapine.
>
> He had also done kidney blood tests and those
> were the same as the last two times they
> were done, so there is no sign of them getting
> suddenly worse, and no need for me to hasten
> getting off the lithium, which has caused the
> moderate kidney impairment.
is caused by the recent change in medications
or just correlates with it. But I think I am
still in normal mood range so there is nothing
to worry about.
David Dalton
Mar 31, 2013, 11:30:15 PM3/31/13
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In article <dalton-2859EA....@mx05.eternal-september.org>,
light beer last night and getting to bed
at five a.m. (but tonight I will get to bed
soon, and it is 1 a.m. now here).
David Dalton <dal...@nfld.com> wrote:
> Today I'm mildly down, and I don't know if that
> is caused by the recent change in medications
> or just correlates with it. But I think I am
> still in normal mood range so there is nothing
> to worry about.
Tonight I am fine, despite having had four
> Today I'm mildly down, and I don't know if that
> is caused by the recent change in medications
> or just correlates with it. But I think I am
> still in normal mood range so there is nothing
> to worry about.
light beer last night and getting to bed
at five a.m. (but tonight I will get to bed
soon, and it is 1 a.m. now here).
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