Posted by Bill LL on March 14, 2005, at 9:20:53
In reply to Adderal and Zyprexa question., posted by scatterbrained on March 13, 2005, at 23:10:20
I do have a suggestion. I believe that the 2 memory drugs that you take, as well as Zyprexa, do not have a primary effect on norepinephrine (NE). If I were you, I would try a NE drug. NE drugs often help concentration.
I have had good results using Cymbalta (duloxetine) for ADD (as well as anxiety and depression). I take it in the morning, and it gives me cognitive help all day and night. It affects both NE and serotonin. It does not give me as much jitteriness that I got from Wellbutrin.
I would suggest that you ask your doc about replacing your Zoloft with Cymbalta.
If that works, you might also want to eventually discontinue the SAM-e.
> I take 5mg of Zyprexa for depression, with the most debilitating symptom being not being able to remember my own train of thought and at first(like with all the other drugs) the zyprexa seemed to worked ALMOST to the point of remission and then the effect would just sort of trickle away, and i can still feel the drug inside me but it's not helping my cognition(Or any of the other symptoms) just sort of feel the drug without it affecting me.Anyway, I also take Namenda10mg, Aricept5mg,Zoloft 100mg, SAM-E 1600, and just started two weeks ago adderalXR 40, And the two drugs that have seemed to help me the most in recent memory have been Zyprexa and now Adderal but the adderal seems to wear off and i'm left with confusion to the point of worse than BEFORE i took the damn drug in the first place. Anyway, my questions are A. Has anyone else experienced not being able to remember their own train of thought and what helped or didn't?B.The adderal really did help, and my DR. wants me to increase it to 60 but it wears off at night to such an unbearible degree, does anybody know a good augmenting strategy so that i'm able to think and fuction at night? Thank you guys so much for your time.
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