Posted by elanor roosevelt on February 13, 2007, at 11:22:53
In reply to Re: just started tianeptine » elanor roosevelt, posted by liliths on February 12, 2007, at 9:27:30
>I am still on 3xhalf tabs of tianeptine and
2x 5g adderall
the ADD med i talked my way into as a way to extend the effectivenes of lexapro
it did not work that way
the lexapro slammed me
however, i have always known i am ADD just never could convince the doctors
now i can read non fiction for more than 30 seconds at a time
and i immediately stopped biting my nails and bothering my cuticles (side effect of life and lexapro)
so i am hopeful. thinking i might decrease the adderall as i increase tianeptine - still figuring it all out -- timed it badly yesterday and had a number of hours being pretty ticked off at the universe.
tried to stick with the mantra: it's just the meds, it's just the medsare your medical problems going to keep you housebound?
hi elanor,
>
> thanks for the sympathy... it goes a long way. I managed to get out over the weekend but now have some health issues which will probably be the only thing I attend to this week... sigh
>
> that said, I am trying splitting my dose of focalin since the tianeptine seems to work well with it. I had oral surgery this morning, saw no reason to take both pills for that! so I figured I'd take the other focalin in the afternoon with the other taineptine and maybe drop the wellbutrin. It goes against my training of only changing one thing at a time LOL but that said, I'm getting impatient.
>
> I hope to get more mileage from the focalin timewise that way but I also don't want to compromise what it does for me now. The last time I tried cutting the dose, it took 5 days before I noticed the difference and it was really bad. Only this time I'm attempting to just spread it out. I hope it works
>
> I hope the tianeptine is helping you. I think you made a good choice not bothering with the paxil. Are you still taking only 1/2 tabs? and was the adderall given to you for ADD for as an AD?
>
> good luck to you!! I really hope this new regimen works for you :)
>
> namaste,
> lilith
>
> > lilith,
> > I am new to adderall but figured i would have to split the dose to avoid a meltdown.
> > i skipped the paxil and now i am on my second day with the tianeptine.
> > i am sorry to hear you are having such a hard time
> > any way you can get yourself out of the house in the morning?
> > i know it can be rough but early in the morning, before you have a chance to talk yourself out of it.
> > also, if you can get just a bit of sunshine.
> > hang in there
> >
> > hi elanor
> > >
> > > I felt the taineptine immediately as well - though I started at 1 tab 2x daily. It hasn't 'changed' my world but it has made a difference and every little bit helps. I think, for me, changing some of my depressed, self-defeating habits have become 1/2 the battle
> > >
> > > have you always taken your adderall in a split dose? how does that work for you? I've been thinking of splitting my focalin as I feel the effects of the tianeptine much more in the a.m. along with my add meds than I do in the afternoon.
> > >
> > > personally I wouldn't waste my time with paxil, unless you've done well on ssri's in the past. They make me numb, anorgasmic and just 'blunt' everything... not my idea of living
> > >
> > > Good Luck with the tianeptine... please keep us updated :))
> > >
> > > namaste,
> > > lilith
> > >
> > > > met with my pdoc yesterday and we are not on the same page w/ the tianeptine
> > > > i just got slammed by the lexapro and i need to pull out of this state of mind
> > > > pdoc was lost as to the next step so i walked away with a paxil (not cr) script --
> > > > i have tianeptine and would like to start
> > > > from what i have read here, it takes a while to kick in and i am deciding if i should try to pull out of this bad spot with the paxil first
> > > > actually, just writing this has helped me decide
> > > > f*ck the paxil
> > > > i am going to start on 2 half-tabs of the stablon today
> > > > i am also taking 5mg adderall 2x daily,
> > > > 10mg ambien and xanax as needed -- approx 2mg daily
> > > >
> > >
> > >
> >
> >
>
>
hi elanor,
>
> thanks for the sympathy... it goes a long way. I managed to get out over the weekend but now have some health issues which will probably be the only thing I attend to this week... sigh
>
> that said, I am trying splitting my dose of focalin since the tianeptine seems to work well with it. I had oral surgery this morning, saw no reason to take both pills for that! so I figured I'd take the other focalin in the afternoon with the other taineptine and maybe drop the wellbutrin. It goes against my training of only changing one thing at a time LOL but that said, I'm getting impatient.
>
> I hope to get more mileage from the focalin timewise that way but I also don't want to compromise what it does for me now. The last time I tried cutting the dose, it took 5 days before I noticed the difference and it was really bad. Only this time I'm attempting to just spread it out. I hope it works
>
> I hope the tianeptine is helping you. I think you made a good choice not bothering with the paxil. Are you still taking only 1/2 tabs? and was the adderall given to you for ADD for as an AD?
>
> good luck to you!! I really hope this new regimen works for you :)
>
> namaste,
> lilith
>
> > lilith,
> > I am new to adderall but figured i would have to split the dose to avoid a meltdown.
> > i skipped the paxil and now i am on my second day with the tianeptine.
> > i am sorry to hear you are having such a hard time
> > any way you can get yourself out of the house in the morning?
> > i know it can be rough but early in the morning, before you have a chance to talk yourself out of it.
> > also, if you can get just a bit of sunshine.
> > hang in there
> >
> > hi elanor
> > >
> > > I felt the taineptine immediately as well - though I started at 1 tab 2x daily. It hasn't 'changed' my world but it has made a difference and every little bit helps. I think, for me, changing some of my depressed, self-defeating habits have become 1/2 the battle
> > >
> > > have you always taken your adderall in a split dose? how does that work for you? I've been thinking of splitting my focalin as I feel the effects of the tianeptine much more in the a.m. along with my add meds than I do in the afternoon.
> > >
> > > personally I wouldn't waste my time with paxil, unless you've done well on ssri's in the past. They make me numb, anorgasmic and just 'blunt' everything... not my idea of living
> > >
> > > Good Luck with the tianeptine... please keep us updated :))
> > >
> > > namaste,
> > > lilith
> > >
> > > > met with my pdoc yesterday and we are not on the same page w/ the tianeptine
> > > > i just got slammed by the lexapro and i need to pull out of this state of mind
> > > > pdoc was lost as to the next step so i walked away with a paxil (not cr) script --
> > > > i have tianeptine and would like to start
> > > > from what i have read here, it takes a while to kick in and i am deciding if i should try to pull out of this bad spot with the paxil first
> > > > actually, just writing this has helped me decide
> > > > f*ck the paxil
> > > > i am going to start on 2 half-tabs of the stablon today
> > > > i am also taking 5mg adderall 2x daily,
> > > > 10mg ambien and xanax as needed -- approx 2mg daily
> > > >
> > >
> > >
> >
> >
>
>
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