Posted by Brutus1 on February 19, 2007, at 14:47:48
In reply to Re: Concerta » Brutus1, posted by liliths on February 19, 2007, at 14:34:32
Right back at you. No weight gain. Lost A FEW lbs. I do have sexual side effects which makes me mad. It's one of the reason's why I switched from Zoloft. If that doesn't resolve soon I'm done w/it.
> hi... thanks for such a quick response.
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> Have you had any unpleasant side effects from the cymbalta? For me that means weight gain and sexual side effects.
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> I'll defintely look at the sites you recommended... thank you
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> regarding my doage of klonopin, you are correct, though I also sometimes take 1 extra "as needed". I used to take 4mg a day but cut back a lot of my meds. I don't feel the drug - it's why I like it, though I "do" feel not taking it with my ADD meds LOL
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> if you suffer from anxiety, I would definitely recommend taking it with your Concerta. 1mg seems to work just fine for me and doesn't feel like it blunts the effects of the ADD meds at all... just takes the edge of.
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> I doubt cymbalta at any dose would help a back injury! I do hope you're feeling better
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> The concerta definitely helped my mood. If it weren't for the insurance company screwing around, I'd still be on it. I think most people ended up doing what I did, switching to focalin xr, which is more expensive. They ended up putting Concerta back in their formulary LOL. But since the focalin does affect me more quickly and is 'supposed' to be a cleaner drug, I've just stayed with it.
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> I hate being on any meds, to be honest, but though I've cut and tapered a lot of the others, I've learned to leave my ADD meds alone. Forgetting to take them a couple of times were experiences I'd rather not repeat.
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> good luck
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> namaste,
> lilith
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> > Cymbalta is OK. There are posters here who like it and some who didn't. Some on remedy find have taken it for about two years. Also "Google" askapatient.com. There are many medication ratings for your reading.
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> > Anyway I have been at 30 mgs for about month. Probably need to move up. Was intially very tired, sedated but relaxed, that went away. Not sure if the side effects were attributed to Zoloft withdrawl. To make a long story short I don't feel much of anything right now. (definately not sedated but not much mood elevation either.
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> > I hurt my back the other day, and last night it was killing me. So I can't say much for the "pain" aspect of Cymbalta, but I think most folks in need of relief are around 90 mgs for peripheral neuropathy.
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> > Did Concerta give you a mood boost? Am I reading correctly you take 2.5 mgs of Klonopin.
> > 1 mg AM, 1.5 mg PM?
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> > Thanks
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> > > well, I can certainly related to everything written here - definitely feel among kindred spirits :)
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> > > I took Concerta for years (with 1mg klonopin for the anxiety) and was pretty pleased with it. I certainly liked it a lot better than ritalin - no crash. My dose was 2-54mg daily (108mg).
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> > > My insurance company was going to drop it so I switched to focalin XR, which hits faster but also has a gradual drop off.
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> > > I still need the 1mg klonopin - makes a HUGE difference for me. With my anxiety, I don't think I could take them without it.
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> > > and I also take 1.5mg klonopin in the evenings
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> > > though someone on this board posted that focalin lasted for 12 hours (for them), both concerta and focalin seem to have about an 8 hour window for me
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> > > how's is the cymbalta? I've been considering it for peripheral neuropathy as well as an AD. But I keep hearing the effects poop out so I'd be interested in your experience.
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> > > good luck
> > > namaste,
> > > lilith
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> > > > Man you sound a lot like me. I too have incessant ruminating, non-stop running brain does not help issues. I'm hyper-sensitivity to everything. Sometimes the slighest noises set me off. I also take klonopin 1 mg at night. I'm also taking Cymbalta. Sometimes I don't know if I'm Obsessive, manic, ADHD, or GAD...........
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> > > > > Hi,
> > > > > I just started taking Concerta. Started at 18 mg, which my doctor knew would be too low, but
> > > > > we then moved up to adding 36 mg to get to 54mg daily--first thing in the morning I take it.
> > > > > I have to say I like the concentration, the fact that it seems to level my hyper-sensitivity to everything so I can grasp things without tons of emotions getting in the way. It gets out of my system fairly quickly though and so by 2 to 3 in the afternoon I am tired, falling asleep...this surprised me. I take it early because I am up early (5:30 a.m.) and I will say there is a little bit of anxiety with it that I don't like, If you already have anxiety, then from my experience, it enhances it. So, I like it and then I am so-so about it. I have issues with focus and motivation and it does not quite give me the motivation we all thought it would. I have tried Provigil at 200mg which most people cannot take that high and I get the motivation, but even that starts to wear off and for me it was useless for concentration. So, I am going to ask to try Adderall which I have heard and read better things about in terms of what I am looking for. I think Concerta is good. I like that it does not hang around in your system forever like alot of drugs. Not sure how much you are taking or for how long or why. I just started myself and find I need higher doses or need to change to a med that will help with what my issues are, but all in all- the focus is fantastic.
> > > > > Hope this sheds a little light-- I am new to it. I have been on Wellbutrin for years and I have stopped that, even though the doc wanted me to stay on at least 300 a day (I was on 450 max) , but it no longer does anything for me-- I need a break from it. I do take Klonopin at night (which i have also been on for years) and have found I have had to increase that to another 1mg and so I take 2mg at night and this may indeed flatten some of the Concerta. Not sure, but it seems it might. I also have a whole bunch of stuff I am fretting about and so I cannot just blame the Concerta---my incessant ruminating, non-stop running brain does not help issues..... :)
> > > > > Best of luck to you.
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