Posted by bleauberry on May 31, 2009, at 13:54:47
In reply to Could Savella work for ADD?, posted by TriedEveryDrug on May 31, 2009, at 11:53:55
Based on my experience with Savella I believe it is as good an option to try as anything else in the ADD category. If you try it, keep doses real low to start (me, custom doses of 6.25mg BID), and expect the first week to be weirdish. After that, goodness sneaks in.
Downsides for me were low appetite (already too skinny) and hard to pee. It started working on depression by day 2, anxiety by day 3, then worsened depression for a few days, and then a gradual climb to new and better days than where I had started.
I found in just 2 weeks it had me more "into it", whatever I was doing, less distracted, less anhedonia, more social, better sleep. That was at just 6.25mg BID, after failing ECT! Proof that the doses pharm companies come up with are not one-size-fits-all. I take whatever starting doses, target doses, or therapeutic doses they claim and throw those out the window. I want to know what MY dose is, not the average dose of a bunch of people in a trial.
Good med. Since Milnacipran is powdered capsules and Savella is tabs (Savella = Milnacipran = Ixel, all the same drug different names), it should be easier to get custom doses with the tabs.
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