Posted by tried them all on December 27, 2003, at 9:34:38
In reply to Re: Ritalin for brain fog, posted by fayth on December 26, 2003, at 20:41:41
I, too, find it amazing that so many are using Effexor. I had a terrible time with it. My BPII has been very hard to pin down and I have been through every category of AD's as well as several within some categories, the SSRI's being the worst for me. The mood stabilizers such as Lamictal, Topamax, etc were all filled with side effects for me as well. I finally went to a psychopharmacologist who is slowly adding a dash of this and a dash of that and I haven't felt this good in years, literally. Each and every one of us is so different and reacts so differently to meds that one treatment for all is ludicrous. Lithium was toxic to me in the initial dose, tiny as it was, and I thought all was lost, but here I am on a novel cocktail. So for some, Effexor and Ritalin works, for others they don't. I had no response to either Strattera or Provigil, but Concerta at minimal dose is terrific......trial and error but it is agony to go through. My only issue right now is early waking....some days as early as 4am after going to sleep at 11 or midnight. Any suggestions for that from anyone?
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