Posted by Vanillintabaktöne on April 26, 2004, at 14:07:58
In reply to Re: Anyone Wanna Play P'doc??, posted by T_R_D on April 26, 2004, at 13:19:58
Thank very much TRD [kAREN]
I think you are right on target. I actually tried ritalin about 4 weeks ago. A friend had some and I asked for 2 10 mg tabklets. i took one 10 mg tab and in about 30 minutes [didnt really time it] I felt really really calm and could concentrate, the irritability dropped about 90%. I was shocked...howevr i soon felt very drowsy and fell asleep. i tried a 5 mg the next day and it worked super, no sleepiness. the funny thing is that although it clamed my mind alot, it increased the physical anxiety symptoms like palpitations and hand tremor. that was the only downside, and also it didnt last long, about 4.5 hrs. I was never really depressed, at least i dont think. its just living with the synptoms i described earlier and always feeling stressed made feel down somtimes and i worried about my future. Serotonergic drugs always made me feel worse very disphoric and very mentally restless and a intense feeling of unsatisfactoriness, for lack of a better word. Another thing I would notice was that although I frequently shook my feet, or twiddle or bite on a pen while attempting to concentrate, I didnt notice any other signs of "hyperactiveness". HOWEVER, my speech was often ramble-like and while reading I would tend to skip the middle parts of sentences and concentrate on the nouns, the subject of the sentence and sometimes end up missing important details while responding on the appropriate subject topic if you will.
I am no p'doc but, I have come to realize TWO MAJOR THINGS about myself:
1. I am very very very sensitive to meds of all kinds, even a tylenol.
2. My symptoms/illness are NOT serotonin related.
Finally I really feel I would benefit greatly from a Rx of
1. RITALIN 10 CR/ ER once day,
2. NADOLOL for somatic anxiety,or CLONIDINE,PINDOLOL.....not PROPRANOLOL I think because it is lipohilic and could slow me down mentally too much.
3. SODIUM VALPROATE @ low dose and extended or slow release, just to stabilize the bipolar tendency.
But who am I to say..........
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