Posted by stargazer2 on April 28, 2010, at 19:52:50
In reply to Re: Best meds for ADD/FloatingB » stargazer2, posted by floatingbridge on April 27, 2010, at 21:23:38
Perceptive of you to notice I seem better..I've been off Nardil for about 2 weeks and although the first week was hard, it seems OK now.
As a matter of fact, I did try Nardil with a stim...sort of my own trial and then I confessed to my doc who wasn't really happy, but I convinved him it was helping. The only problem was that I had a hypertensive reaction so
we were never able to continue that combo...Then I did some research and convinced my doc to allow me to take Nardil and Wellbutrin (he would not have without my research, but I had to try it) and that is the combo I have been on for a few months.
I really think a stim like Adderall will work again for me, since it did in the past and my doc would not allow me to take Nardil and Adderall, just too risky and no one wants that on their conscience.
So that is why I have to come off Nardil. I really think if I can prove the stims are key to my depression, I will need to take and ADD med, in addition to an AD.
Today I took a hit of a stim (leftovers)generic Adderall, but not the XR which is much better than the short acting meds. I do better with meds if take them only 1x a day.
So I feel better thus proving my theory I have untreated ADD which makes me depressed and scattered, which can look like depression.
I just looked up Pristiq and it sounds like it is chemically related to Effexor, which I took and had horrible results. I failed so many AD's over the years that it is not possible to tell what one will work. Actually I'm still on Wellbutrin so I'll probably stay on that when I start a stim unless the combo is too activating...
That's the story for now.
SG2
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