Posted by blueberry on March 1, 2006, at 5:49:20
In reply to OK, so it Ritalin making me need a nap?, posted by Racer on February 27, 2006, at 14:04:16
I wonder if your adrenal glands are shot, or maybe thyroid sluggish? If the adrenal glands are near exhaustion, they can pump out some norepinephrine for a few hours being artificially stimulated, but then become completely depleted resulting in profound exhaustion. I think looking at more frequent dosing would be the first trick. But if the problems stayed the same or got worse, then I would be more tempted to think there is an actual physical thing going on rather than a brain thing. On the other hand, some people do actually get tired on stimulants. Maybe it's just never been looked at, since adrenal gland exhaustion is not a commonly looked at problem outside of naturopathy, but that would actually explain the paradoxical effect to stimulants.
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