Posted by theo on April 24, 2005, at 12:29:53
In reply to Re: Concerta » theo, posted by stresser on April 23, 2005, at 18:28:48
> yes, still on 18mg, and I don't notice the same effects as in the beginning. At first I had much more energy, and had the jitters, but that has gone away. I go back for my follow up in a couple of weeks, I think she may increase my dosage a bit. She told me she always starts patients out on a very low dosage, due to side effects. I really can't tell if it's helping my concentration, the dose may be to low. She did tell me not to worry if I didn't notice any difference there either, at least for the first month. How are you doing? -L
Sorry I posted below, I couldn't find this and just stumbled across it.
I'm feeling the exact same way you are. I guess I should try to go up in dose before giving up on it, like I'm so good at doing. Did you mention below you are also taking Zoloft? I need to add an antidepressant, anticonvulsant with AD properties or a TCA but don't quite know what direction to go yet. My doc wanted me to try a stimulant alone to get a true.
Concerta does give some physical energy and gets me going somewhat but not as motivating like I was hoping. Maybe a small dose increase will help. The next dose strength is 27mg. I'm tempted to take two 18's to see how I respond before a pay for a scrip of 36mg to find out it's to much. Did your doc mention what he was going to increase yours to? The good news is that it doesn't cause any anxiety.
I see Concerta as a good add-on but need to focus more on my low grade depressive type symptoms now that I've been off SSRI's and all other meds for a couple of months. Now that I've tried a stim and know what it does for me, I need to find something to keep that low grade worthless feeling I have at bay. I don't crash or feel sad when the Concerta wears off, but can definitly tell it wears off around 4-6pm when I take it at 7:00am. I also get a little headache about 6 hours after taking it sometimes. What's also good is I skipped a couple of days and it was no problem at all.
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