Posted by adamie on September 7, 2001, at 19:06:05
In reply to changing medication, 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???
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> Thanks
> Bobyour pdoc is doesn't know what she is talking about. it's as simple as that. talk therapy can work for personal life problems but not medical conditions. when something is wrong with someone's brain they need medication and only medication will help that problem. I really think you should try to find another pdoc to try and get yourself a stimulant.
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