Posted by Ritch on April 19, 2002, at 23:17:39
In reply to switch from ritalin to ?-Ritch/Mitch, posted by Bekka H. on April 19, 2002, at 19:44:23
> > You may need to release the medication more slowly. Ask your doctor about 18mg tabs of Concerta (take 1/day). That might fix it. That BP you gave really isn't that bad. I am going to be trying Focalin probably next week as an experiment. I will let you know what happens.
> > Mitch
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> Hi.
> I tried Focalin for a couple of days shortly after it first came out. Let me warn you. . .For me, Focalin is VERY INTENSE!! Be sure you take only half the number of milligrams (or even less than half) of what you'd take if you were on Ritalin. Focalin is much more potent than regular ritalin. It was too intense for me, but I'll probably try it again some day at an even lower dose.
> Bekka
Bekka,Thanks for replying. This is just an experiment. I was just written for 15 tabs of 5mg. I am between major depressions and now is the time to experiment with different meds that can work for the potentially life-threatening depressions (and to check to see how my mood is affected). We already know that stimulants (Adderall, thus far) has worked better than anything else without triggering hypomania/cycling (and that at just 5mg/day for several weeks), BUT, I got too nervous with the Adderall, and plain Dexedrine actually made me drowsy, groggy, and on average I made more mistakes at work. So, we are trying to find the success with major depression and ADHD(without rapid cycling) that I got with the Adderall but without the *anxiety*. I was told if this works I will probably flip to Concerta (see if I am still responding positively). If it doesn't-then we are going to be looking at selegiline or add back nortriptyline-very cheap and works, but cycling is affected, I get numbness, and Q-T interval is prolonged, and it is more toxic than stimulants in overdose (wonderful).
Mitch
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