Posted by HelenInCalif on September 20, 2006, at 20:31:00
In reply to Do you ever take Ritalin vacations? » HelenInCalif, posted by Racer on September 20, 2006, at 12:20:11
I take short, 2 to 3 day ritalin vacations reasonably often- during weekends, or when I don't have consulting projects. Last week I was off of it for 3 days.
But starting and stopping it seem unrelated to the apathy. As I wrote, when I'm taking it I'm focused and apathetic, when I'm not taking it I'm less focused but still apathetic.
Would a much longer vacation be good for my dopamine system?
This apathy seems entirely unrelated to depression. I know what a depression feels like, coming on, and it's nothing at all like now. The feel of it is new to me. It's like I've pulled a muscle- a mental muscle- that I didn't even know existed. Or, to put it slightly better, it's like a mental foot falling asleep. To get up and do something is difficult, when it's never been difficult before.
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