Posted by JaneB on February 8, 2003, at 7:26:04
In reply to Psuedoephedrine is My Most Important Med » LAURA777, posted by fachad on February 7, 2003, at 22:39:28
> I can't find the message where you said that you cannot tolerate pseudoephedrine, but I just wanted to throw in that I can't live without it. I can't breathe because of nasal congestion, and I consequently feel all around horrible.
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> I've been taking it regularly for as long as I can remember, long before any psych meds. I considered not trying Ritalin 10 years ago because my pdoc told me not to take Sudafed with it!Interesting! Have you tried other allergy meds? I tried 3 and they made me lethargic,etc.
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> I ended up trying the Ritalin, and then cautiously adding back the Sudafed, monitoring my BP. My BP remained low, even on both.What brand/dosage of Sudafed do you take? Does it interfere with your sleep? I can't remember what other meds you are taking. Could you remind me. My BP remains low and without the Sudafed I get dizzy sometimes from just bending over. A little annoying when doing many work and pleasure activities!
If I don't take Sudafed I invariably wake up with a headache.
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> It turns out that with Dextrostat and Sudafed combined, for the first time in my life I have enough sympathetic tone to be able to stand up quickly without passing out! woohoo!
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