Posted by Racer on March 12, 2006, at 13:30:54
The latest is trading Ritalin for Adderall -- and I think this might be it, at least for a while. Yesterday, although I didn't have that major boost to my mood that Ritalin had given me, I still felt good. I felt mostly like what I think of myself as being. Not as productive as I would like to have been, but at least feeling pretty much capable. (Although I needed a nap about two hours into my second dose. Why can't I be normal, and NOT need to sleep while on amphetamines?)
While it's truly too soon to tell, I think Adderall is much better for me -- today there's a slight headache, but nothing like what Ritalin was doing, and I feel good, but without the jitters that Ritalin was causing. (Although I think it might have increased my typing speed...)
The bad news is that it does mean lowering Wellbutrin, which has upped my desire for cigarettes, so I'm smoking a bit more. Not as much as before going up to 450mg on the Wellbutrin, but more than while on the 450. From about 4 per day to about 7. {sigh}
This is temporary, though. I'll be having surgery in a couple of weeks to see if we can correct the infertility. Once we get back to trying to make a miniracer, I'll have to stop the Adderall, and can up the Wellbutrin again enough to quit once and for all.
And my new pdoc and I at least have a plan of attack: the Adderall and Wellbutrin, assuming the Adderall continues to be so friendly; adding Buspar if the anxiety isn't better on Adderall, and if my BP goes up, we'll substitute propranalol, for both BP and anxiety. Although, of course, most of this goes away once we go back to trying to make little people. It's nice having some of the uncertainty go away.
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