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What Area The Side Effects Of Lithium?

Hi , im kind of freaking out , i was drinking last night and took my seraqule 300mg at around 12 midnight , i forgot how late i took it and i just took 400 mg and my lithium 6mg because i was tired and wanted to go to sleep can all those meds cause overdose ?? Im scared to go to sleep right now , please help
Thu, 19 Nov 2015
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lithium has a narrow range of use. Side effects from too much of it are gradual, however, nearly always. First you feel sick before any serious harm occurs. The effects on fluid/kidney etc are easily checked iwth blood tests (and how much lithium is there and how to adjust the dose) are also all checkable with simple tests.
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What Area The Side Effects Of Lithium?

lithium has a narrow range of use. Side effects from too much of it are gradual, however, nearly always. First you feel sick before any serious harm occurs. The effects on fluid/kidney etc are easily checked iwth blood tests (and how much lithium is there and how to adjust the dose) are also all checkable with simple tests.