Case Presentation: A 57-year-old woman with history of bipolar I disorder treated with risperidone and lithium for over 10 years was sent to the ED for stroke evaluation by her primary care physician due to significant confusion and slurred speech. The patient’s family reported a 3-day history of tremulousness, a week of ataxia with a [...]

Case Presentation: A 67 year-old woman presented with six weeks of worsening disorientation. Her husband reported severe insomnia, abnormal behaviors, decreased short-term memory, and very labile mood. She had a history of well-controlled bipolar disorder on chronic lithium therapy. She had a forty pack-year smoking history. She was diagnosed with a urinary tract infection and [...]

Case Presentation: Posterior reversible encephalopathy syndrome (PRES) is a neurological disorder characterized by symptoms of encephalopathy and radiographic findings suggestive of vasogenic edema. Although PRES is most often triggered by hypertensive emergencies, sepsis and immunosuppressive medications have also been implicated in its pathogenesis. We present a case of PRES due to lithium toxicity.A 47-year-old female [...]

Case Presentation: A 15-year-old male with a history of depression and schizoaffective disorder began having general malaise and nausea four days prior to hospital presentation. His symptoms progressed to include difficulty walking, vomiting, and the development of tremors. He was found to have a lithium level of 3.3 as an outpatient and was admitted to [...]

Case Presentation: LF is a 63 year-old female with a history of schizoaffective disorder, gastroparesis, and stage III chronic kidney disease (CKD) who was initially admitted to the inpatient psychiatric unit for psychosis with suicidal and homicidal ideation in the context of medication nonadherence. Mental status exam was remarkable for persecutory delusions and auditory hallucinations. [...]