Posted by LyndaK on August 29, 2005, at 23:51:35
In reply to I'm on Aricept... anyone else feel... smarter?, posted by utopizen on August 28, 2005, at 15:48:21
Hi,
Back when I was on Zoloft my doc added Aricept to help counter the memory/brain fog side-effects I was having. I think it did work to some degree.> After a few months of being on Aricept to augment my Desoxyn dose, here's my experiences:
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> --I went from 50mg of Desoxyn to 5mg/day. No joke.
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> --I feel more content, and less anxious (not just from the abscence of Desoxyn-- I know what no Desoxyn is like) yet still productive.
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> --I feel... more... "poetic"... I think (?) Placebo, perhaps, but, um, well, it definitely hasn't hurt my cognitive capacities. My papers lately... have really been the kind my professors share among one another.
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> Side effects: Agitation, at first, until I lowered the Desoxyn to eventually 5mg. GI side effects require me to take an antacid, Prilosec or Zantac 150 will do for me.
poster:LyndaK
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