Posted by katz on January 30, 2001, at 11:49:06
In reply to Re: Ritalin, posted by HenryO on January 29, 2001, at 1:32:24
>Hi Henry,
Thanks for the info. I was a little disappointed to hear that the ritilin does infact lose its effectiveness over time. Since your building up a tolerance, how do you keep yourself from continuing to "up" the dose. That must take a lot of willpower. You mentioned that you did not like the generic. Any specific reasons? When I was on the ritilin for 6 months, I took the generic and never had I problem. I loved it! I never had a need to increase the dose (but of course I was on it only a short time). As a matter of fact, I felt as though I was getting better over time.
Thankyou for sharing your cocktail. You just never know who may benefit from it. I'm going to look up Pindolol. I've never heard of it. One can never have too many ideas held in reserve. I'm building my own little arsenal of drug info which I plan to use to combat this malady!
Best wishes,
Kathy
Hey Kathy, I take Ritalin as I need it. I've been on it for maybe three years or more. Often 20mgs when I wake up. If I am up early enough in the day I just take Concerta 36mgs. I have found that I do experience its effectiveness diminishing over time, say 3-4 months. If I go off it for a time say again 3-4 months then when I return to it, its effectiveness is dramatic. That may be due to "poop out", it may also be the ebb and flow of my disease. I try not to go off and on it though, I pretty much take it daily. Somedays I need the crunch of the regular release but usually I preffer the sustained release. I NEVER get the genaric. I found early on that it was not the same at all.
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> Yes, I am lucky to have found a good doctor. He is a biological psychiatrist.
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> I must tell you that I have worked up bit of a cocktail. I take prozac 20mgs, the Ritalin (or Concerta) and Pindolol (a.k.a Visken) 5-10 mgs which is a tiny dose I think. The Pindolol is the catalist that seems to make the whole thing work, for me. Without it I am wiped-out with enervating depression. Pindolol doesn't work for most people but for me it stops the pain. I don't feel "happy" but when nothing else was working that is good enough, believe me.
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> I went off my "cocktail" for a month or so around November. I was experiencing some intermitant erectile interferance. It wasn't a prudent move. It almost seems to be a side affect of improved mood to want to get off meds. Anyway I was plowed under by my depression. No surprize. My doctor told me meds are 4 to 5 times better at preventing depression than they are at curing it. That made sense to me. I've heard many times before not to quit taking them abruptly but there is something that seems to make all of us want to think we don't need them when we are feeling good.
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> OK on to a new post Reboxetine/Edronax
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