Posted by JenniferB on March 15, 2002, at 18:15:51
I suffer from inattentive ADD with some hyperactivity, mild OCD, social anxieties, and recurrent debilitating situational anxiety. Currently I'm taking 75 mg. of Effexor once a day and 10 mg. of Ritalin twice a day. Initially, during a bout of situational anxiety so severe that it gave me a depressed affect, I was incorrectly diagnosed with chronic depression and prescribed 75 mg./day of Effexor, which improved my anxiety slightly but did nothing for my ADD symptoms. At once point my Effexor dosage was increased to 150 mg., which just seemed to give me a lot of nervous, almost manic energy. Adding Ritalin (when I was finally diagnosed with ADD), on the other hand, has improved both my anxiety and my ADD symptoms but has tended to exacerbate my OCD symptoms. Any ideas?
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