Posted by Ritch on May 15, 2003, at 9:52:29
In reply to Re: Effexor tremors?, posted by cybercafe on May 15, 2003, at 0:44:27
> yeah my BP comes out as dystolic 90 on my wrist sphingtermeter .... i should really get it checked out .... hey it comes out to 106 now... neato
My pdoc told me to figure out what med was causing it and to reduce it to get the number below 90. I dropped the Effexor down a lot, and my BP followed.
> > I hope it winds up helping, but IMHO, I think the Zyprexa and Ritalin together is like driving a car slowly hitting the brakes and the gas at the same time. The closest thing I have came to
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> nope... it does help! plus there is no choice, since methylphenidate alone would just make me psychotic
> ... ummm though i expect an AP without D4 antagonism (seroquel or risperdal) would probably do much better.. (or geodon) .. but i worry about EPS even on seroquel, definately the others....
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> ideally it would be nice to try abilify, i wish there were more people with bp + adhd so there was more known about ... how to treat these symptoms
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> i have heard good stories of lithium + amphetamine ...
The latest thing I heard was Depakote or Lithium + Wellbutrin. The trouble is that WB caused me to hyperfocus really bad and made things worse (at higher doses anyhow). The best response I've had strictly for attentiveness was desipramine or Adderall thus far. I think Straterra would work, but I think it is overpriced and overhyped.>
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> >what you are taking is 500mg of Depakote + 20mg of Ritalin + a few MG of Effexor every day. The one thing I can say about stims that I like is that I sleep much better and more soundly when I am taking them, but while they are kicked in during the day I am too tense/aloof/quiet and I didn't like it.
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> hmmm... maybe your ADD isn't as bad as mine...??
> i mean ... aloof and quiet in my case would be a fair trade off to get back to making use of my diploma.... i used to earn $150,000 out of university, now i feel guilty spending $2 on a hamburger when i could be eating at home (no income :( )
>I'm still convinced I don't have ADHD. The trouble is making it through recurrent seasonal bipolar depressions and have the ADD-"like" symptoms under control. My ADD isn't as bad as yours because I don't think I have ADD :) Whenever I'm in the depths of a depressive episode I'm sure it may be as bad.....
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