Posted by zeugma on November 4, 2004, at 19:51:24
In reply to Zeugma - check out post below, posted by KaraS on November 4, 2004, at 15:55:36
> z,
> I wanted to make sure that you caught the post below about narcolepsy/sleep issues. The title might not lead you there so if you didn't open it up, you might not catch it.
>
> It's the post by dove:
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> "hypocretin/dopamine/nore/serotonin/histamine/sleep"thank you kara. it is timely. i see my pdoc tomorrow. My condition has worsened on Ritalin, and I am going to take 30 mg tomorrow and that will be it.
All I could think of on the bus ride home today was that caffeine pills would serve my cause better than Rit. I did try the 30-30 dosing today, and have not experienced the crash, but unfortunately the med, like most I have tried, has not helped my condition at all. It's a dilemma I'm sure you can empathize with all too well: the 'clean' meds do not work, and the ones that do help come with a train of side effects that end up being worse than the actual disorder.
nortriptyline helps some of my symptoms and has acceptable side effects (although the xerostomia is no joke and my dentist should love me for being a regular customer :)). klonopin lets me show my face to the outside world.
but i feel half asleep all the time, and that is scary, not to mention unacceptable to most employers.
i will let you know what happens tomorrow.
-z>
> Kara
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