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Re: Concerta not working after 5 weeks

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October 28, 2011 at 2:37 am #108820

munchkin
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October 28, 2011 at 2:37 am
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I tried to work it out with the zombie thing. I was eating really carefully, drinking lots of water and using a little bit of caffeine at the end of the day to smooth out the come-down, but I still couldn’t get my day working the way I wanted. Today I started on 36 mg of Concerta instead of 54. I had a great day – almost zero side effects, but I still got a substantial benefit of being on the Concerta. Also, instead of just having increased functionality for parts of the day, but somewhat paralyzed with side effects for other parts of the day, I had a nice smooth experience all day. I’m hoping this will be the new norm, but it’s only been one day, so I’ll have to see.

My doctor first suggested I switch to Adderall when I explained my issues, but I really wanted to try the lower dose of Concerta before giving up on it. It really has been helpful, hopefully I just needed to fine-tune the dose. I may decide to try Adderall at some point – I am definitely curious, since some people respond better to a dexedrine type med…

Anyone else have a Concerta newbie update?

-Munchkin

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