Posted by Cece on July 15, 2001, at 22:47:04
In reply to Re: is everything a sign of underlying dep???!!! » Cece, posted by Elizabeth on July 15, 2001, at 16:52:10
Hi Elizabeth- replies to some of your comments, and question:
> >Cece: I had brain fog for a long time- despite reducing doses of sedating meds.
The fog didn't break for me until early this year when in a close space of time I started taking Adderall 10mg/day, and T4 Thyroid Levothroid 50mcg/day. I had already been taking T3 thyroid (Cytomel 10mcg/day) for several years as an AD augmenter.
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>Elizabeth: That sounds so jittery!
Cece: I wouldn't be taking it if it were jittery for me! The next step up of Levothroid (75mg) did in fact give me unpleasant side effects (racing heart, feeling overheated), so I stayed at 50mg which is just fine. More than 10mg/day of Adderall makes me feel slightly wired, but 10 is just fine---for me.
>> >Cece: Re the Adderall- v. hard to say if I'm ADD- maybe, but not classically so. I actually don't care whether I am or not, I just care that this med has helped me.
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> Elizabeth: In what way?
> Cece: Well, like I said above- brain fog broke, like the sky opening. Also, I have started being able to make decisions (not ready for all of them yet however!), have more energy, wake up faster in the morning, more outgoing.
I am also slowly increasing Lamictal, have gone really slowly and sat at the same level for awhile a couple of times- after a bit over a year, I am at 250mg. and am increasing by larger increments. I am getting less and less depressed as I increase- am aiming right now for 300, and may sit there for awhile. I hope to be able to start to try dropping other meds out of my mix if the Lamictal really proves to be a real stabilizer and AD. Perhaps the Adderall will turn out to have been a temporary fix, but it really has helped get me moving in positive ways.Cece
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