Posted by Ame Sans Vie on September 10, 2003, at 13:23:52
In reply to Re: stimulants-equivalent doses » Ame Sans Vie, posted by Peter on September 10, 2003, at 13:10:42
> Yes. He also gave me 18mg caps because I was simultaneously starting on lexapro. At first, I began lex 5mg AND switched to concerta 18mg on the same day, and it was hell.
Yech... I bet, lol.
> The concerta had no effect on me whatsoever, except maybe for some upset stomach and nausea. But the lex was probably producing similar SE's at the same time.
Yep, most likely. While Lexapro seems to have the fewest side effects of the SSRIs (for most people, anyway), nausea and other G.I. discomfort are pretty common.
> So we decided to have me go back to the adderall and do 1 change at a time. Now that it's been 5-6 days on 5mg lex, and I'm not experiencing many bad acute SE's, he wants me to try the concerta again, this time 36mg. I guess you're right as to the reason why he's not having me go up immediately to 54, since we still have some lex SE's in the mix, and it would suck to have more bothersome SE's from the concerta.
> Thanks for the info & your response,
> PeterNo problem -- be sure to keep me updated on the Concerta! I've had bad responses to Ritalin IR in the past, but if Concerta is more smooth-acting, I just may give it a shot. No reason for me to settle on my current DextroStat without examining all the options. :-)
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