Posted by 3 Beer Effect on January 27, 2005, at 22:15:34
In reply to Re: I almost failed out of college from psych meds » 3 Beer Effect, posted by Jen2 on January 27, 2005, at 21:57:15
> Thanks for the advice re: the med combos. I'm off to my doc tomorrow so will raise these ideas then.
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> JenJen,
If anxiety is one of your problems, I should tell you that Ritalin, although it helps you focus & seems to make you a bit smarter than equivalent doses of amphetamine, Ritalin does cause social anxiety. But if you are at the library or in your room studying you really shouldn't be socializing anyway!
If I were you I would take an ADD med called Dextrostat instead. It helps study/focus/concentration much like Ritalin but has much less anxiety & actually makes you more social if you have to talk to people or you take it before class (basically it lowers social inhibitions, increases confidence & ability to concentrate). Dextrostat is the same as Dexedrine which you may have heard of, but Dextrostat is better because it is available in 10 mg tablets while Dexedrine is only available in 5 mg tablets & it will take atleast 10 mg 2x per day to help you study. I took 20 mg 2x per day & that seemed like a perfect dose (for me). Adderall is also an option & is a best selling med, but it does cause a bit more anxiety than Dextrostat (but not near as much as Ritalin). It also lasts about 6 hours in the IR form while Dextrostat lasts around 4.5 hours & Ritalin 3.5 hours.
If your effexor is working for you now, I would not switch it to something else, because Prozac often takes a long time to start working (it took 5 weeks before I noticed a difference in depression, although its activating effects happens in the first few days. If the only problem with effexor is the apathy, the ADD med will take care of that right quick!
The main thing to remember is that one of the reasons I was doing poorly in college is that I used to stay up all night typing messages into this board! This is something you must absolutely avoid, because television & the internet are 2 of the biggest time wasters for students who procrastinate. Shut off your internet &/or TV cable if you have to & do all your research at the library where your less likely to read Psycho-Babble because people at the library will think your crazy if you read that, so that will likely keep anyone with anxiety (who often care too much what people think of them already) from looking up any website that hints of craziness, especially one with the name Psycho-Babble!
Good Luck,
3 Beer Effect
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