Dear Bizi
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Originally Posted by bizi
I hear you....it sounds so very frustrating....
bizi
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Thank you, and... yes indeed.
However, I do have some good news. I called mdoc today to request EKG paperwork and lithium script.
I asked if the EKG was absolutely necessary before starting therapy. Mdoc says (fwiw!) that EKG can be done after initiating lithium. I'm good with that because it will be a low dose anyway, and it means i can start tonight. (At least in the US, one is always done before, but even pdoc would not have said so,
had I not asked specifically about that... oh, so thorough and precise.)
Anyway, I am comfortable with just doing one a couple of weeks after initiating because a couple years back I had a battery of heart tests including halter EKG, echodoppler and stress - all was clear... that is at least something.
I took a bunch of lorazepam today to help me just chill, but i cannot take that every day. Nor drink or... well... never mind. (Sometimes i think th eonly thing would be to thwack myself over the head with a cast iron pan.
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