Posted by BLPBart on April 2, 2002, at 21:32:09
In reply to OK - now taking Adderall / Wellbutrin -- what, posted by Charlotte on April 1, 2002, at 9:40:35
> should my optimal response feel like? I have been recently diagonsed with ADD / depression, and was taking Ritalin (10 mg. AM - 5 mg. PM) / Wellbutrin (150 x 2 day). I had terrible headaches and the crash when the Ritalin wore off was terrible.
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> Now I am taking Adderall (10 mg. day) / Wellbutrin (150 x 2 day) and have no more headaches -woo hoo!- but I'm not sure if the Adderall is doing anything. I do feel more tired when it is wearing off, 5-6 hours later. And it definitely last much longer than Ritilin if that's the case. So I'm thinking of asking for the Adderall XR 20 mg. - but here's the main thing I'm wondering about.
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> What should an optimum response feel like for me? What is the goal? what am I going for here?
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> Thanks.Thought I'd respond since I'm in the exact same boat as you. I've been on Wellbutrin for a couple of years for depression. In January my doc added dexedrine because we thought I might be ADD (inattentive or as Fachad puts it-hypoactive). Anyway, my doc told me that when we got to the right dosage it would be like a light bulb being switched on and I would "know " that I was on the right dosage. I started on 10 mg/day of the spansules and titrated up to 30 mg. I felt absolutely nothing on it. We then tried concerta and he started me out on a high dose (36mg) and when that didn't seem to do anything he had me double it to 72mg. Even on that I didn't get hyper or anything, although I had a kind of anxious feeling that I can only describe as that butterflies in the stomach feeling you get when you're dreading something. Anyway, I tried going up to 40 on the dexedrine again. On that, it's not like any kind of light bulb went off, however what I have noticed is this. At work I have suddenly found the ability to organize my files and work space, I can work on one project at a time (usually what happens is when I'm working on one thing, my mind wanders onto something else so I start doing another project, then I'll remember that I was going to call somebody but while I'm dialing the phone I remember that I was supposed to do something else.....all day long to the point where I'd end the day with a dozen half incomplete projects on my desk) and one of the best things is I can sit through a meeting and actually pay attention and walk out knowing what everyone was talking about. Before I would start out OK but at some point my mind would wander and I would miss a substantial amount of what was being discussed. I also had this problem in conversations with people. I've been known to talk on the phone and write e-mails to people at the same time.
I know how you feel because I still wonder, am I really ADD or am I using it as an excuse? It's hard, but for me I feel better on it and I feel more productive and less hassled. I also like it because I don't really feel any kind of peak and valley from it. I only know when I'm peaking in the afternoon because I get a really dry mouth from it, but in the evenings, it just seems to slowly wear off-I don't crash or anything.
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