Posted by University on May 23, 2004, at 1:16:22
In reply to Re: Wait, it's not the Focalin..., posted by Caper on May 22, 2004, at 21:43:48
great, well done you. and i'm glad to...infer that you're not one of those types who feels he has to do AA or something to kick drinking. i had quit smoking for three months, and started again--at the precise time i had gone from 60mg Ritalin/day to Adderall, which, as you know, didn't work. I'm thinking my smoking relapse is related--maybe in some dopaminergic way...
honestly, i find ritalin better than focalin. and it's so confounding because i know that the latter drug should essentially be the same as the former, but stronger. and it definitely hasn't the marked mood-elevating properties that Ritalin had (for me). But it does give me that focused buzz I need to do my work (i'm a science editor).
and indeed you are lucky to have a shrink like that. i have one also--but he's very blase. i don't think he could give a piss about me, but he does Rx anything i want, which is nice. i think he knows i don't abuse anything he Rxs. for me.
the reason i began taking methylphenidate in the first place was for the "excessive daytime sleepiness" that almost a decade on prozac has ostensibly caused. i tried modafinil first, and it was great, but was very expensive as my insurance co. wouldn't cover it without a narcolepsy diagnosis. somehow, as i began to tell my pdoc that my focus and productivity and motivation at work had been augmented, my dx sort of morphed into add, in his mind. i don't think he remembers the original reason for the Rx!
i want to go to grad school too. what sort of law will you practice? has your depression abated? i'm in a midlife crisis at 34--hey, (was) middle age for lots of people. i dislike my job and feel unfulfilled in general, which, of course, makes me wont to take a stimulant all the more--just to summon the energy to slog through the week.
well, hope you're detox goes well--and everything else. let me know.
uni
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