Posted by cybercafe on May 15, 2003, at 0:44:27
In reply to Re: Effexor tremors? » cybercafe, posted by Ritch on May 13, 2003, at 23:12:52
> > What are the symptoms of your mild hypertension?
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> I didn't have any symptoms. I would just check my blood pressure every so often (maybe once a month or so), at a BP machine in a store before I started taking any Effexor. Then I started it and just happened to check it and it was up quite a bit (on 25mg/day from what I remember at the time). My "typical" BP is centered around 127/73 or so. When I checked it it was 148/90. It was like holy sh*t what's going on here! I've stopped and started it and mixed it with different meds since and Effexor is the one that boosts it more than anything I've ever taken-even dexedrine. Effexor 12.5mg mixed with 75mg of Wellbutrin in the AM yielded 144/93 in my pdoc'syeah my BP comes out as dystolic 90 on my wrist sphingtermeter .... i should really get it checked out .... hey it comes out to 106 now... neato
> I hope it winds up helping, but IMHO, I think the Zyprexa and Ritalin together is like driving a car slowly hitting the brakes and the gas at the same time. The closest thing I have came to
nope... it does help! plus there is no choice, since methylphenidate alone would just make me psychotic
... ummm though i expect an AP without D4 antagonism (seroquel or risperdal) would probably do much better.. (or geodon) .. but i worry about EPS even on seroquel, definately the others....ideally it would be nice to try abilify, i wish there were more people with bp + adhd so there was more known about ... how to treat these symptoms
i have heard good stories of lithium + amphetamine ...
>what you are taking is 500mg of Depakote + 20mg of Ritalin + a few MG of Effexor every day. The one thing I can say about stims that I like is that I sleep much better and more soundly when I am taking them, but while they are kicked in during the day I am too tense/aloof/quiet and I didn't like it.hmmm... maybe your ADD isn't as bad as mine...??
i mean ... aloof and quiet in my case would be a fair trade off to get back to making use of my diploma.... i used to earn $150,000 out of university, now i feel guilty spending $2 on a hamburger when i could be eating at home (no income :( )
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