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Originally Posted by quizzickle
Hello clmwtcos. I don't know the answers to your questions but I'm glad you posted your concerns. Tomorrow i'll be seeing my doc with the plan being to try Concerta. I'll be keeping your post in memory to compare with what I may be feeling over the next while.
Mind you I have been told it's ADD without the hyperactivity. I'm described as being somewhat creative myself. I've always worried about meds interfering with that part of me and I'm a little apprehensive this time as well. I've haven't been on anything for the ADD to this point. Actually I tried it a couple of yrs ago but migraines due to high blood pressure stopped the treatment until my blood pressure was corrected. It has been and here iI go again. I only spent maybe 3 wks at it before and with the headaches and all, any changes we'ren't noticed before it was stopped.
Perhaps now that you're an adult the Concerta may have outlived it's particular uses for you? What I'm suggesting is that maybe one of the other stimulant meds in the same category might be better tolerated? I don't know much about these drugs yet but i do know some medications benefits may wane over time. Having an adult physiology now might have changed your bodies tolerances and the ways it processes the meds as well but I'm no Doc on that matter. What I do suggest and believe you are right...is to contact your Doc and tell him what your concerns are.
Could make a difference? I don't know but really the best step I would imagine. I'm looking forward to tomorrow....well mostly, because I know there may be some light shone on my own behaviors. If it doesn't work I'll likely be asked to retry with a similar med in that family. I think that's standard procedure for most Docs out there. If one ain't cuttin' it try another. That's why several types exist. You probably know all that but I'm just covering my bases.
Maybe i'll see a post later down the line where you're commenting on how you're feeling lately. I know in the next month or so I'll be posting something about my own experience with this for good or bad for gen'l interests sake.
Wordy quizzickle....I'll top this off with a good luck and see you around. My final thought is to address your question once more. i'd at least voice my concerns/observations to the Doc and see. Can't hurt...might help. Seeya'll.
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I think I will go talk to my doctor about it. Maybe I could try some other medication like Adderall, I mean, classes end in 4 days so I could try it out over summer holiday. I can tell from days that I do take my medication and that days that I don't that I have not out grown either the attention problems or my hyperactivity... I had mentioned that in junior high I would not take my medication, it was because I had these same feeling back then.
I don't know how Concerta will be for you, but most of the other people I know who have taken Concerta claim it's just a catalyst to their anxiety, to which I concur. For me, artistic inspiration is very important and without it, I genuinely feel hopeless. It's a huge problem when I'm working on a piece for my class and I draw up a blank.
I, too, suffer from migraines, though I have never thought to associate it with Concerta. Because high blood pressure runs in my family on both sides, my doctor has voiced concerns about taking stimulants.
Good luck on the Concerta, tell me how it goes for you!
