Posted by utopizen on October 3, 2002, at 0:54:37
In reply to Re: Severe problems getting up in the morning, posted by Jerrympls on September 30, 2002, at 22:29:21
Until doctors find a med that tells our circadian rythms to work on a 24 hour clock instead of a 25 hour clock (and no one knows why it does that) very few of us get to wake up in the morning feeling rested when we continue a consistent sleep schedule.
It's something that happens. Yeah, and having ADD and anxiety and feeling tired in the morning, that's just a psychopharmaceutical comic strip waiting to happen.
"Okay, it's time to wake up- let's throw some Dexedrine, oh wait, that makes my heart pound too much- oh, let's try the adderall today- oh wait, that'll make me anxious- let's try the ritalin- oh wait, that won't keep me up- okay, let's settle with dexedrine, add a beta blocker for my heart pounding, and then throw in Neurontin (downer) to keep me calm. Oh wait- the Neurontin will put me to sleep- better increase the dexedrine dosage- oh wait- no Vitamin C, it'll kill the dexedrine's absorption, sorry OJ- oh wait- let's have severe dry mouth because the dexedrine requires a beta blocker which doesn't make friends with my salagen- oh wait, don't forget boring old Effexor, he's still growing up and waiting to do his job in a month or two.
Yeah, when your antidepressants go to preschool in your mind, something should tell you you're taking too many meds.
I'm like this close to dropping them all. Let me be tired in the morning when I wake up, and then again at 3 o'clock lull time like everyone else. Let me be too anxious not to be a social super hero in class today. Let me fall asleep in class and then not know why I can't do the same at midnight later that day. Let me get dry mouth at all instead of popping Salagens every hour (when they're prescribed 3x/day).
Let me not be cured, and maybe my problems will go away...
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