Posted by HappyChaiTea on February 16, 2009, at 17:26:59
In reply to Re: Is it okay to take Ritalian or Adderal for school?, posted by linkadge on February 16, 2009, at 15:07:22
It was a long appointment, but I hope we have something to go by. First of all, I do have carpal tunnel, that is what my tingling of some of my fingers indicated.
I probably did not have a stroke even though my 1/2 my head and arm went numb, but I quickly recovered and it didn't go to my legs. So he thought it could be related to my migraines that started to show up at the same time, he said migraines can do this.
Then to my memory problem, he does see a little memory problem but not a really bad one. But if you look at my level of competence level before the I took CYmbalta, it was much higher , almost 2 1/2 grades higher. He said he didn't know of caused of Cymbalta causing short term memory problems, but I have read stuff that other people have said that have. So since my depression has been improved for awhile now, we are going to try to taper off of it, slowly. 60 mg every other day to 30mg every day , to 30 mg. every other day, than nothing.
The thing about the Ritlin or drugs like it, he said it is used for ADHD and for stoke victims, but I don't have either, so he said he would have to talk to his other doctors about it. I don't do drugs for recreational purposes, but if my doctor okayed a precib for something to help me remember stuff while studying, than I would.
So we will do some tests too to makes sure something serious isn't going on.
So I didn't get a lot of answers this time, but at least I have a plan.
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