Thanks ! Loved the crazy meds sight - interesting guy! Sounds like he's had a world of med shifts! First hand info makes it more interesting to read for sure...
It's been several days now and I am feeling better about the Ritalin - I just lowered the original dosage by splitting the pills... and eased it up as I felt comfortable - though still not doing the full 3x - keep forgetting the third one until it's too late in the day... though I don't get the same sense of "well-being" I had with Welbutrin... I have cleared up several of my household piles and have even painted some new watercolors!
I will look into the strattera- ? - mix ... see what the Dr. says...
Today I'm feeling Good! So maybe this is enough...
Anyway - thanks again - am sharing the Crazy Meds site with others...
Hi, I'm new to this forum- I've just spent an hour+ reading your posts and looks like people here have had a lot of experience...
I could use a little direction myself... My meds feel like a game of chance... I started off with Zoloft - why? because the Dr. wasn't sure I really had ADD... Then went on WellbutrinXL - within 48 hours I loved it - I felt like I had my life back - I actually felt GOOD again. I was on Wellbutrin for 6 weeks and then because of a nasty sinus infection I had an antibiotic and an antihistimine prescribed - Well boy wasn't I a mess - swelled up from head to toe and had hives all over my body and head - some of them inches long and itch itch itching to make ya crazy! So got taken off everything and slowly sunk back into the fuzzy chaotic haze that life can be - my house looks like a train came through - piles everywhere - and just when it was looking so neat! We had to wait , but when I tried the Wellbutrin again I started itching after only a day so the Dr. put me on Concerta. Took it for a month but - Nothing. This week the Dr. prescribed 10mg 3x daily of Ritalin... Today was my first day and I felt like a truck hit me! I only took one dose because it felt like a roller coaster - first up up up and then I felt so tired I wanted to take a nap at 2pm... I have a million things to do for the weekend but I am not feeling in the least bit sociable - I want Wellbutrin back! With that I never felt speedy or drugged I just felt EFFECTIVE!
So my question to anyone reading this is: Is there anything like Wellbutrin that I can ask my Dr, to try? I was on track for the first time in years and now I'm plowing through the undergrowth again - and this Ritalin just seems to make me feel reved up... I know it's only been one day but , on the Wellbutrin I didn't have a single side affect (until the hives!)
Thanks for whatever help or direction anyone can give.
Could you take Welbutrin with an Antihistimine?