What caused my chronic kidney disease stage 3 was lithium use for many years. Why is that?

Hi , thank you for sharing a bit about your experiences with CKD. This is a great question. The National Kidney Foundation has an article about lithium and CKD: https://www.kidney.org/atoz/content/lithium and explains how lithium can cause nephrogenic diabetes insipidus, which can damage the kidneys. When were you diagnosed with CKD? Also, another community member mentioned lithium use and how that may have contributed to their CKD in their story: https://chronic-kidney-disease.net/stories/lithium-toxity, you might be interested in taking a look. I hope this may help. Warmly, Minel (Team member)

Hello , I am so sorry you are going through this. Have you talked to your healthcare team about this yet? Let us know what you find out. I would like to hear more about this. Diane (Team Member)