Re: Anxiety and excitement about starting meds.

[Anonymous]

I was excited about starting medication and had some pretty high expectations.

Before going on the Concerta I did know I had a lot of changes to make beyond

taking the meds (organization, to do lists)

In late Nov ’11 my Concerta dose started at 18mg and then 2 weeks later increased to 36mg and

then changed to 54mg

Side effects

Initially had some stomach upset (nausea), and headache that lasted for a couple of days

With each subsequent dose increase same symptoms and then went away after a day

Improvements

Concentration/focus, alert, increased energy, no racing thoughts (first time I can ever remember)

Currently Concerta med schedule

Morning 54mg

Early Afternoon 27mg

In mid January my doctor added the 27mg early afternoon dose after i was mentioning that the morning

54mg dose was was not effective after 2pm

I work in consulting so there is pretty high stress level and I am able to accomplish more and stay

more focused in meetings.

I notice also that my emotions are no longer a jumbled mess . I can actually aware that i am irritable

or melancholy and can make adjustments to improve my mood.

On Tuesday i have a doctors appt. I will be discussing that I am slow to start first thing in the day (takes a

couple of hours) and I am not able to sustain my concentration much beyond 4pm

Good luck Carl!

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