Re: Started Today

[Anonymous]

I’m not on Vyvanse, but another stimulant called Modafinil (for narcolepsy). He said i could take up to 400 mg total (200 mg 2x a day) but since I’m about to wean off a sedative med and see him in 4 weeks, I don’t think it’s a good idea to start experimenting. I need to keep one element stable at a time. If I have to go back on the sedative (he said if this trial didn’t work, I’d probably have to take it indefinitely), then I can start to experiment with dose.

The last few weeks, I’ve had days where I was tired even on the stimulant meds, although able to function since they do elevate levels of alertness for me, but as soon as work was over (ie – no more stimulation), I would crash. Excessively tired at 5:30 pm, sleep attacks while watching tv again, bedtime as early as 7:30 one night, many nights to bed at 9:00 pm. I’m supposed to restart my sleep log tomorrow night, so I can keep track of these events. Looking forward to getting through this stage (including another sleep study) so I can look more closely at the daytime symptoms and adjust if required.

Ritalin actually worked better for me, but the doc wants to try this drug, it’s not controlled as closely, it’s more gentle. But he didn’t rule out going to another drug. It’s frustrating because the light is on, the door is open, but I wonder if the lights could be brighter and the door open a little wider, in terms of the drug’s effectiveness. I don’t want to go overboard, but I don’t want to undertreat either. Hard to know what the balance is? I guess I’ll be bold and try a double dose if things stabilize for my nighttime sleep.

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