Posted by jacs on February 19, 2007, at 6:00:59
In reply to Concerta, posted by Brutus1 on February 14, 2007, at 16:00:30
Hi,
I just started taking Concerta. Started at 18 mg, which my doctor knew would be too low, but
we then moved up to adding 36 mg to get to 54mg daily--first thing in the morning I take it.
I have to say I like the concentration, the fact that it seems to level my hyper-sensitivity to everything so I can grasp things without tons of emotions getting in the way. It gets out of my system fairly quickly though and so by 2 to 3 in the afternoon I am tired, falling asleep...this surprised me. I take it early because I am up early (5:30 a.m.) and I will say there is a little bit of anxiety with it that I don't like, If you already have anxiety, then from my experience, it enhances it. So, I like it and then I am so-so about it. I have issues with focus and motivation and it does not quite give me the motivation we all thought it would. I have tried Provigil at 200mg which most people cannot take that high and I get the motivation, but even that starts to wear off and for me it was useless for concentration. So, I am going to ask to try Adderall which I have heard and read better things about in terms of what I am looking for. I think Concerta is good. I like that it does not hang around in your system forever like alot of drugs. Not sure how much you are taking or for how long or why. I just started myself and find I need higher doses or need to change to a med that will help with what my issues are, but all in all- the focus is fantastic.
Hope this sheds a little light-- I am new to it. I have been on Wellbutrin for years and I have stopped that, even though the doc wanted me to stay on at least 300 a day (I was on 450 max) , but it no longer does anything for me-- I need a break from it. I do take Klonopin at night (which i have also been on for years) and have found I have had to increase that to another 1mg and so I take 2mg at night and this may indeed flatten some of the Concerta. Not sure, but it seems it might. I also have a whole bunch of stuff I am fretting about and so I cannot just blame the Concerta---my incessant ruminating, non-stop running brain does not help issues..... :)
Best of luck to you.
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