Posted by sgtbob on September 7, 2001, at 15:57:12
Last month, I was given concerta to try. I have severe depression and fatigue. First I tried the 18mg capsules and a week later I added, as my psych. nurse directed a 36 mg dose. This brought me to the maximum dose of 54 mg a day. It has been a month and I feel no change, I still have extreme fatigue and crave sleep. When I asked to be changed to another medication, she said no and took me off of it all together. I can't stand being tried anymore!!! No matter what I do, I am always tried and sleepy. In 1996 Doctors from a Sleep Center in Nashville recomended that I be put on Stimulants, but she declined, saying that counseling would be the answer. Ever since then my fatigue has only gotten worse. Maybe I wouldn't be as upset as I am now, but a couple of months ago, I met a gentlemen basically in the same situtation, fatigued and depressed. About a month later, he was tried on stimulants and as he put it "he woke up from a long long sleep." He moved away shortly after I met him, so I don't know how to locate him. I feel that I am sleeping my life away, and I can't do anything about it. Does anyone have any advice for me???
Thanks
Bob
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