MedicationsLITHIUM CARBONATE (Carbolith, Cibalith-S, Duralith, Eskalith, Lithane, Lithizine, Lithobid, Lithonate, Lithotabs)To view the lithium prescribing information as an Adobe Portable Document Format (PDF), you will need Adobe Acrobat Reader 2.1 or higher. The Lithium Family - The Good, The Bad and The Funny. From People Who Have Taken These Crazy Meds...and SCIENCE!Remember: Nobody on this site is a doctor, therapist, or a pharmacist. Know your sources! Crazy Meds is not responsible for the content of sites we provide links to. We like them, but what's on those sites is their business, not ours. Camcolit (Bahamas; Bahrain; Barbados; Belgium; Belize; Benin; Bermuda; Burkina Faso; Curacao; Cyprus; Egypt; Ethiopia; Gambia; Ghana; Guinea; Guyana; Hong Kong; Iran; Iraq; Ireland; Ivory Coast; Jamaica; Jordan; Kenya; Kuwait; Lebanon; Liberia; Libya Lebanon; Malawi; Mali; Mauritania; Mauritius; Morocco; Dutch Antilles; Netherlands; Niger; Nigeria; Oman; Qatar; Republic of Yemen; Saudi Arabia; Senegal; Seychelles; Sierra Leone; Singapore; South Africa; Sudan; Surinam; Syria; Taiwan; Tanzania; Trinidad; Tunisia; Uganda; United Arab Emirates; United Kingdom, Zambia; Zimbabwe)Lithium is all about blood serum levels. The therapeutic level of lithium is somewhere between 0.6 and 1.2, and that can vary not only person to person but also depending on factors in each individual's life, such as various stresses and even the season of the year. Doctors are usually pretty good about taking into account things like age and weight and how manic or depressed you are to start you out on lithium, but there's really no way to tell what your kidneys and thyroid are going to do about it until the lithium hits your system. So while the therapeutic sweet spot is somewhere between 0.6 and 1.2, if you're especially sensitive to it, lithium toxicity can hit between 1.0 and 1.5! That means you can be fine and stable one day at 1.
