Posted by liliths on January 10, 2007, at 7:11:32
In reply to Re: Just started Focalin XR » blueberry1, posted by mell on January 10, 2007, at 6:53:09
hi Mell,
just wanted you to know I just posted a long response on the other thread you wrote me
IMHO, it usually takes at least a few days to get an idea about how the stims are going to work. When I was first diagnosed with ADD, my pdoc allowed me to do some trials with ritalin vs. Concerta. Even though you 'feel' the stims immediately, it did take almost a week to realize how the Concerta was working and that it WAS better than straight ritalin for me. Concerta is softer and much less noticable.
Focalin was immediate but I recently tried to taper my dose and it wasn't until the 5th day that I began falling apart and crying. I felt fine the first few days
hope you're doing well... look forward to getting some info from all those questions I asked LOL
namaste,
lilith> It's supposed to be a more refined version of ritalin... only containing the "active" component of it. It's one of the ADD drugs, the newest one, I think.
> I'm on it for bipolar II, to help me with my focus, but I do believe that I have some undiagnosed ADD also.
> It's supposed to be good for improving focus and concentration without much side effects.
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> mell
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> > What is it? Is it similar to Ritalin? Or Adderall? What does it do?
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