do I need a higher dose? | ADHD Information

Hi "allmixedup".  I too take 300mg Wellbutrin (XR) along with 15 mg of Lexipro.  I also take 80mg Strattera, so it sounds like we're on a pretty similar regimen, except that I don't know if the Strattera is working.  From what I've begun reading on these forums, Ritalin seems to get overwhelming thumbs up from many adhd-ers.  I'd like to try it.  Everybody says "it changed my life", which sounds too good to be true, but if people keep saying it, there must be a significant positive benefit.  I also am quite familiar with the process of taking anitdepressants for a while only to see them "wear off".  From what I read, this is common to ADHD.  Antidepressants can temporarily treat depression that results from obstacles encountered whille experiencing life through "ADHD glasses" (to coin a phrase), but in the long run, it seems the ADHD continues in full force, therefore you become bored, understimulated, stifled, etc. etc.  Like I said, I'd like to try Ritalin, but I'm afraid of (1) might it "wear off" too? and (2) there is addiction in my family.  Will my brain become "addicted" too Ritalin (and thus respond less and less to the same dose)?Hi,

How is everyone doing out there in ADHD land?
Today was okay...just bored out of my mind at work
and couldn't wait to get home. I was wondering...is
anyone out there taking ritalin and wellbutrin? If so,
have you ever had to up your wellbutrin to over
300mg/day? I've been on wellbutrin for about six
months and the depression is slowly creeping its
way back into my life. Or maybe its the lexapro...I
take that too...hell, I feel like I've taken just about
everything at some point or another! Has anyone
tried the once a day wellbutrin? My doctor keeps
telling me about it. I feel like everything works in
cycles; one will work for a while and then I have to
switch to something else and the cycle keeps
repeating itself. Make any sense? At least the ritalin
hasn't failed me yet. I'm so glad that I found this
message board and that I'm not alone!
Take care...

I hated wellbutrin, but don't have much experience with it (two weeks only) and tried as much as 600mg in one day. The dialation of my eyes bothered me on even as little as 150mg and hard to describe, kind of a combination of wired and sedated at the same time, but did nothing for my add lack of concentration and focus.

Those siezure warnings scare me a little.

It did snap me out of a depression though, but there were many things about it that scared me and I don't want to take it any anymore. Come down is hell when you discontinue! I do drink some, and if available smoke maryjane (I quit grass for a full year in 2003, but no positive changes for me) so maybe I'm not a good example, but overall I didn't like it.

I'm still looking for that magic pill and will probably never find, but I am looking foward to trying the low dose meth "ritilan" next week and see what happens.

Do you have any comments on ritilan? I only tried it years ago for a short time.

Hey
How goes it? Same stuff different day on this end. I
know what you mean about the wellbutrin (seizures
et al) and that scares me too. I really cut down on my
drinking (which I guess is a good thing, although
sometimes I wonder) out of fear of having seizures.   
I have been on wellbutrin for about six months and it
helped a lot, but now the depression is coming
back. The strange thing is that I always get really
depressed this time of the year (from about January
thru April). Who knows?!? Ritalin, on the other hand
has saved my life. I took it as a child but I don't
remember and then I guess the doctors had thought
I had outgrown adhd and I stopped taking it. I
struggled in college and halfway during college I
couldn't take it anymore and I sought help. That was
six years ago and I can honestly tell you that it was
the best decision that I've ever made. Within two
months of being on the ritalin, I went back to school
to pursue another degree. Before the ritalin, I had
hated school because I couldn't focus and as a
result I got poor grades. I worked during the day and
took evening classes. I graduated with a 3.706 GPA.   
I never in my wildest dreams ever thought that I could
get grades like that. I take three 10mg tablets every
day and I feel somewhat "normal" (more in tune to
things, etc.). I was finally successful in school; now
if I could find a job that is both challenging and in my
field of study I would be the happiest person in the
world! Give the ritalin a chance and see what
happens. Hopefully it will give you the same results
that it gives me. Please let me know how it goes!

Later