Reply To: My Journey, Input appreciated.

[cj3w]

I hate shift work, luckily I only have to do it for two weeks, every 6 weeks (rotation with others). I am very much looking forward to going back to day shift next week.

I spoke with my doctor, he is upping me to 15mg morning / 10 mg early evening. I didn’t really want that, but I figured I’d give it a shot.

First time I took 15mg, I was anxious. Anxious beyond any anxiety I’ve ever had. It was about nothing, but about everything at the same time. Hard to concentrate, weird sexual craving. After two hours it started wearing off, but didn’t seem to leave. I took my 10mg later on that day and it didn’t have the effect that it used to. Still difficult to concentrate, couldn’t nail down my school work. Second day, same thing. I decided I didn’t want to do 15mg again today, so I took 10mg, then 5 mg a few hours later, and then 10 again at the normal time. It seemed to go okay. I know the community doesn’t condone experimenting, however, this is what I did, at it seemed to be more smooth. But at the same time, none of the doses had the therapeutic effect that they did in the first 2 weeks.

My question is – where do I go from here? I hate the feeling that the 15mg dose gives me. I’m afraid it will take away from my productivity instead of allowing me to focus. Is there an adjustment period? I didn’t experience this at all going from zero ritalin to 10mg IR.. and I don’t want to do extended release because I haven’t had good luck with it and it is literally 3x more expensive due to my insurance than several IR per day.

One thing I’d like to add – my doctor switched me from zoloft to wellbutrin several months ago, before my adhd was diagnosed. I went off of zoloft due to decreased sexual cravings and disappointment (maybe perceived) from my girlfriend. Without going into to much detail, I see her once per month (long distance) and she feels ‘randy, baby’ all weekend when I see her. It was a struggle to perform several times just due to the physical inability to maintain an erection by the 4th day. Otherwise it hadn’t been an issue. However, 50mg zoloft kept me more mellow, easy to communicate with and overall more happy than 150 or 300mg wellbutrin ever did. If anything, the wellbutrin increased my anxiety (I’ve read it does that to people). I noticed it more when I ran out of wellbutrin due to my insurance company screwing with me. When I finally got it refilled and started taking it again, my anxiety has been at least twice what it usually is. As far as energy and depression, the wellbutrin seems to do well. But anxiety wise, the zoloft takes the cake. Should I ask to trial a low dose of zoloft again along with my current meds?

Any other suggestions?

Thanks 🙂
C

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