Posted by Ritch on May 18, 2003, at 9:47:38
In reply to Re: Blood pressure, etc., posted by cybercafe on May 18, 2003, at 6:49:06
> okay i am going to have to demand that my doctor switch me to a new AD
IF the Effexor is doing something really decent for you... you might try reducing the dosage first. Effexor works fine for me at dosages that don't cause hypertension (although they are quite tiny).
> > Well, I saw a poster below replying to your question about "severe" ADD symptoms and when I read that I thought yet once again: "Dang-those are precisely my symptoms". The trouble is that it changes with the seasons. I don't think it should be doing that if I had ADHD, unless my manic hyper-productiveness is *masking* the ADHD symptoms. Who the hell knows.
> i thought wellbutrin was very poor for ADD
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> as for time slowing down.. isn't that a symptom of ADD? for me, when i'm at work, i hate it so much i focus on the clock and hope the painfully boring day will please come to an end
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> yeah i think manic hyperproductiveness definately masks ADHD to some extent...
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> plus you may have already adjusted your life to avoid super-boring activities
>I wish someone would jump in and answer the question about the "time slowing down" thing. If you're right, then WB makes things worse for me-it just seems like time drags-and that tends to make me more impatient about some things. I thought that "time flying" was indicative of ADD symptoms (the opposite), because when you are very distracted you don't keep track of time well and you are late for stuff, etc. ?? I know what you mean about "painful boredom"! When my bipolar depressions kickin--I can't concentrate, can't focus, flit from one project to the next, procrastinate, feel like I am walking through transmission fluid and feel this immense heavy lethargy (like I have heart disease or something). I can be in a store feeling this and want to just clear out a space somewhere and lay down and close my eyes and go to sleep.
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