Posted by cybercafe on July 21, 2002, at 1:27:40
In reply to Re: any ADD med not dangerous when combined with MAOI?, posted by jsarirose on July 20, 2002, at 14:11:57
>legal speed. For people (like me) without ADD, they act like amphetamines and keep me awake and "speedy" feeling. For people with ADD (like my brother) they actually work to calm him down & help him concentrate.
this is something that i am actually very very interested in --- if i could diagnose ADD by simply taking a med and seeing how i react to it, it would make things a lot easier ...
... have you heard the same thing from others? ... i remember reading from one source that those who don't have ADD don't like ritalin -- it causes them to feel anxious and agitated...> And I got up to 100mg of Lamictal, and now I'm having insurance company problems so I'm kind of stuck on that dose and begging free samples from my doctor until I can get on GSK's patient assistant program. It's very expensive.
damn that is really too bad jess, i would hate to think that you are suffering when you might just be on to the perfect combination for you... you must have a government med plan down there, no?
> I have dropped down to 70mg of Parnate now with no (I think) adverse emotional effects. It's a little hard to tell as I've had a lot of stresses lately and felt a bit more depressed, but I don't know if it's a normal response or from decreasing the Parnte. No suicidal tendancies for the most part though.
... that's too bad... personally i find parnate decreases depression but increases agitation (perhaps a bipolar specific effect?) so it has a strange effect on suicidal tendancies ...
... hopefully you are getting benefits from taking less parnate, perhaps better sleep, less hypotension?> I think I'll sit tight on the Parnate & Lamictal until I can figure out how to get on a higher dose of Lamictal.
is there a branch of Parke-Davis in your town??
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