108 Mg's of concerta

Hi everyone,

I felt the need to come on here and talk about my experience with Concerta… well in actual fact, I want to talk about my experience with the Dr who first put me on the medication and how I ended up on 108 mg daily.

I first was diagnosed with Adhd about 1.5 years ago by a psychologist and was referred to a Dr. in the greater Vancouver area to start medical treatment. During the first few months I found eating to be hard but did what I could to keep up my nutrition. Well, it wasn’t long before I started complaining about headaches. My Dr. claimed it was because the concerta was leaving my bloodstream to quicky. So, up went my dose (down went my eating). Once again, I complained about not being able to eat, (and headaches). Again, up with the dose! This pattern continued till i reached 108 mg!

I know many of you may be asking why I allowed the Dr. to put me on that kind of dose! To be honest there are a number of reasons, 1. I didn’t have enough information about the medication, 2. I saw a large improvement in my university GPA and 3. The waiting list to get into a Dr. for the treatment of ADD is so so so long, I didn’t want to risk losing this Dr. (I understand how bad of and idea that was now).

Every time I went to see him the waiting room time was over an hour, which was followed by a rushed impersonal appointment. Rarely did the Dr take my blood pressure.

My daily life left me feeling as though I was ALWAYS dying! I know that sound dramatic, but it’s the truth. When I complained to the Dr, I was told that I likely also had an anxiety disorder (and for a while I really started to believe it).

Then, one day I had to fill my prescription and the pharmacy was backed up. To kill the time while I waited, I sat down at a blood pressure machine… when the reading came out of the machine, i nearly hit the floor. My blood pressure was at 170 over 100!

I immediately left the pharmacy and headed to a walk in clinic, where i under went a battery of tests.

Turns out that I have hypertension (even with out the concerta). and the does of 108mg’s would commonly spike my bp to approx. 160 over 90 or higher with a pulse of 130 beat per min.

The walk in clinic dr, sent me to a psychiatrist in town to over see the safe lowering of my medication (which took another 6 months to get into). The good news is the new Dr has safely reduced my medication to 54 mg and added a blood pressure medications. The best part of all….. I NO LONGER FEEL LIKE I’M DIEING DAILY!

so, to summarize a very long blog, PLEASE don’t make the mistake I did. If somethings not working for you, don’t be afraid to take a more active role in your health. I wish I had done it way sooner!