Posted by FloydAS on April 7, 2016, at 11:36:35
In reply to Re: Weight Gain - any thoughts on med cause?, posted by Christ_empowered on April 7, 2016, at 10:39:27
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> Could you increase the Focalin? I mean, its a schedule II and I don't want to advise you into some "Valley of The Dolls" style pill use, but a relative of mine did OK on 20mgs of the XR per day (until switched to equivalent Adderall). Just a thought.
>I had been on 20 mg of Focalin XR and found it to be too strong. It kicked my anxiety up way too much so my pdoc and I settled back to a 10 mg dosage which has been satisfactory.
As for the propranolol alternatives - not sure. From what I understand there's not many alternatives for essential tremor. The primary alternative is Primidone. Beyond that, the neurologist suggested Deep Brain Stimulation as a last resort if the meds fail to control the tremors and the tremors become life altering. Luckily the propranolol has been sufficient. The neurologist said the Topamax would add some support for tremor reduction but not much.
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