Posted by KaraS on November 4, 2004, at 23:37:00
In reply to Re: Zeugma - check out post below » KaraS, posted by zeugma on November 4, 2004, at 19:51:24
> > z,
> > I wanted to make sure that you caught the post below about narcolepsy/sleep issues. The title might not lead you there so if you didn't open it up, you might not catch it.
> >
> > It's the post by dove:
> >
> > "hypocretin/dopamine/nore/serotonin/histamine/sleep"
>
> thank you kara. it is timely. i see my pdoc tomorrow. My condition has worsened on Ritalin, and I am going to take 30 mg tomorrow and that will be it.
>
> All I could think of on the bus ride home today was that caffeine pills would serve my cause better than Rit. I did try the 30-30 dosing today, and have not experienced the crash, but unfortunately the med, like most I have tried, has not helped my condition at all. It's a dilemma I'm sure you can empathize with all too well: the 'clean' meds do not work, and the ones that do help come with a train of side effects that end up being worse than the actual disorder.
>
> nortriptyline helps some of my symptoms and has acceptable side effects (although the xerostomia is no joke and my dentist should love me for being a regular customer :)). klonopin lets me show my face to the outside world.
>
> but i feel half asleep all the time, and that is scary, not to mention unacceptable to most employers.
>
> i will let you know what happens tomorrow.
>
> -z>
> > Kara((((z)))),
Really sorry (and surprised) to hear that. I didn't think that Ritalin was helping as much as you'd like but I didn't get the impression that it was doing nothing either. I will wait to hear what comes out of your doctor's appointment tomorrow.
Maybe we'll try Parnate together. Won't that be fun?
Kara
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