Posted by brender on August 23, 2003, at 18:41:42
In reply to Doses etc. » brender, posted by Viridis on August 23, 2003, at 17:05:43
> As for dividing pills etc., I'd recommend that
>you call the pharmaceutical company and see what
>they say.Maybe I'll do that. I called the pharmacist and, predictably I suppose, they wouldn't give me any information on the release mechanism; they just told me if I thought the dose was too high I should contact my doctor.
Today I tried just dumping out approximately a third of each of the two doses and now I feel pretty rotten. I had a period of time when I was thinking pretty clearly (though babbling a lot) but then my face started feeling flushed, in fact my whole body started feeling these weird flushed feelings, I got a painful cramp in my side, and I lost that clarity and am ditzy now. I don't know if the first two are side effects or not.
Also-Last night (after taking the prescribed doses 15mg/bid) and spending the entire day in a motivationless haze, I started to feel tired at around the right time (11-midnight) but then a friend called and asked if I wanted to grab some food and I said yes (since I hadn't eaten all day) and basically missed the crash time and got a HUGE rebound. At 4:00AM I was wide awake, as awake as I feel at the peak of a day, feeling as though I could easily last another 16 hours, no problem, and not feeling motivated to go to sleep at all. But I forced myself to get into bed and fell asleep pretty quickly.
I don't know whether I should keep trying the prescribed dose--maybe I haven't given it a fair trial--try to experiment on my own with ascorbic acid, or ask my doctor on Monday for another prescription (will the pharmacist fill that when I just got one filled?). Usually, I like to give medicines a fair trial and a chance for the side effects to wear off before whining to my doctor. But in this case I'm more afraid of A)toxicity, B) addiction and C) building a tolerance to a higher level than I need.
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