Posted by Racer on March 12, 2006, at 18:35:47
In reply to Re: Update on latest med change -- Adderall » Racer, posted by theo on March 12, 2006, at 15:45:53
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> Why did you stop the Ritalin if it boosted your mood better?On Ritalin, I was having horrible headaches. They'd come on about three or four hours after taking my first dose of the day, and they'd hold on and on. I can't take any NSAIDs right now, and Tylenol wasn't touching this headache. And it wasn't just while the drug was active -- the headache would last into the next day, without feeling much better.
That's the biggest reason, but I was also feeling jittery, which I don't like, and I'm not getting that at all from the Adderall.
The "mood boost" from Ritalin was enough that I wondered if it was hypomania, too. Nearly every day, I'd have a period of wondering, "OK, let's look at the criteria for a hypomanic episode..." I'm definitely not anywhere in the hypomanic range now, but I still feel pretty confident. What my T calls "cognitive hyperactivity" -- in my case, mostly self-conscious and self-critical commentary going on in the background -- eases so much with the Adderall or the Ritalin that I get less anxious, which of course boosts my mood, too.
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