Posted by iforgotmypassword on November 20, 2005, at 16:04:39
In reply to Stimulant survey - please participate, posted by ed_uk on November 19, 2005, at 22:33:31
when i would take ritalin with my desipramine, i would go over the top. intense anger and agitation. it made me go to the emergency room one night. they brought me to a bed with what was probably BP/heart rate monitoring equipment, but i really can't remember much cos they kept giving me ativan injections. actually i can't remember much at all until i left the next morning, when the nurse gave me a lil envelope of ativan pills, and asked my dad if i was always agitated and moving funny like i was... during the stay, they just kept remarking on my heart rate (which i actually remember seemed to hover in between 140-170 on the machine behind me. my bp may and probably was high as well, but i don't remember if they were talking about that.)
that said my BP is usually high (usually over 130 systolic and im 21), and stimulants seem to raise it when i use my manual BP monitor at home (ritalin definately more so than dexedrine though)...
normally, my heart rate is usually high-ish as well, ~95-115 usually.
my BP may be going down and getting more normal now since discontinuing the desipramine (starting to get systolic readings in the 110-120 range not that uncommonly now)... so in my case my BP responses to stimulants may be connected to my longer term TCA use, and especially how NE-active desipramine is (definatley minimized oversleeping, overeating!) it may even be somewhat of a stimulant in its own right.
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