Apparently, my (51 year old) brother who is an addict and an alcoholic and also has hep c, COPD, and uncontrolled diabetes washed down a handful of lithium with a 12 pack of beer a couple of days ago. He's currently in the hospital. Christ.
I'm sorry. Do they have any idea if he'll make a full recovery from this episode?
I have no idea. The side effects of lithiUM overdose are pretty scary. The main concern is renal toxicity. He's such a mess. He is just a ticking time bomb what with the diabetes and all that. He has COPD and continues to smoke heavily. He just had pneumonia this winter. I'm sure he has multi-organ (including brain) damage from his chronic drug and alcohol abuse. I mostly remove myself from dealing with him at all which isn't too hard since I live far away and he would never reach out to me but damn. I idolized him when I was a kid. This breaks my heart.
"Why would you ruin perfectly good peanuts by adding candy corn? That's like saying hey, I have these awesome nachos, guess I better add some dryer lint." - Nonny
Thanks guys. I usually do a good job of just putting it out of my head but I know in my heart that one of these days (probably not too far away) the call will be to tell me that he is dead. Ugh.
I'm so sorry. And no matter who he is now, he's still that big brother you looked up to as a kid. That's a loss worth mourning right there. I'm trying to imagine how I'd feel if my brother had those same problems and it breaks my heart to even think about the possibility. I hope he recovers soon. (((@bostonjen)))
Post by textbookcase on Apr 19, 2014 18:56:34 GMT -5
I'm sorry. I have an addict brother as well and he's on a bender right now. I hate feeling on edge all the time, worrying that I'm going to get "the call"