Re: Concerta vs Ritalin

[Anonymous]

Thanks. Couldn’t wrap my head around Barkley but the Brown clusters make more sense to me. I’ll try and have a look at the links.

Yes, I have read from that wiki link that ritalin can be abused by drug users as it’s similar to cocaine. Strange that my doctor would think this my motivation, again indicating a trust issue there.

I use timers with alarms during the day to remind me to do certain things (one of my problems is that I cannot estimate time and get totally absorbed in one activity to the detriment of others), and one of them was set for 4 hours to indicate the time for the next dose of Ritalin. We both would make a conscious decision at that point, did we want to take another dose (10 mg) or not, or wait a bit. If I had a timed-release dose, I wouldn’t be able to make those decisions. I’ve had issues in the past with insomnia (I used to take a low-dose of amytryptyline) so I am concerned about something that stays active tor the 10-12 hours you quoted. At least with the Ritalin, I could stop after 8 hours and it would not affect my sleep, actually it helped me get to and stay asleep for the whole night.

I’m a self-employed work-at-home entrepeneur, so I don’t need something to keep me alert and focused during a regular workday in someone else’s environment. With Ritalin, some days I will need two doses and sometimes three. I need to have the control so it fits to my personal schedule. The Ritalin is in and out in 4 hours and my experience verifies that.

What if you’ve taken the Concerta dose (at 7 am, for example) and then you take something else at 5 or 7 pm because you have a meeting or whatever at 7 pm and you need to be alert and focused. What then? No options with Concerta or even Ritalin because you’ll be up well past your bedtime and have trouble getting to sleep.

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