Ritalin psychosis
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i do have mild add i found out dr changed me from adderall to ritalin...im also on xanax was on prozac dr changed it to wellbutrin sr..i have been reading where these meds can cause a seizure...
Did this in psychiatric hospital I had been in several times because I suffer with bipolar 1 for 17 years. My symptoms are sometimes psychosis, paranoia and hallucinations along with depression and debilitating anxiety. These are for the most part treated with medications by my psychiatrist. 2 years ago he diagnosed me with ADHD and prescribed me Ritalin.
The Adderall is like alot of coffee - I get a little shaky but I see a problem one step at a time on it instead of one insurmountable mess and I have the ambition to attack it for a change. I know it exacerbates psychosis in alot of BPs. It isn't for everyone. I saw my doctor a few hours ago and he asked me where I was getting prescriptions for Adderall! From him. "No you aren't", he said.I am getting through him and have been for years..
The psychosis episodes are becomming dangerous and physical and are becomming more frequent. I am beginning to be concerned about the welfare of the rest of the family.
He is currently being treated with Zyprexa (for voices he hears) and prozac for depression. I am at wits end, and at the point of wondering if I need to put him in a hospital or seek another doctor's opinion.
Any advise would be great, this is tearing up our family and nearly every day is a nightmare.
s a lot of medications to begin with especially for a child and even standard psychiatry has concerns about use of antipsychotics in children due to the risk of tardive dyskinesia and diabetes. But are they for psychosis or for mood stabilization as Lithium, Depakoate and Lamictal are mood stabilizations that don't have the long term effects of antipsychotics. Lamictal from what I have found is the most tolerable and doesn't promote weight gain.
I have MS and this is why I am asking about Ritalin instead of the 600 mg of provigil i take every Morning
ritalin is running my life its all i think about feel like i cant get enough, been on it for 3 yrs, just recently loss control sometimes takeing 200+ mg a day its going to kill me and im desperate to stop, anyone familiar with this monster
the hospital seem to be putting it down to her, the pain she is feeling is due to her and the brain, she has got a very good memory, they have done a head scan, the neurologist is putting it down to psychosis, she is not wanting to eat or get up because of the pain she is feeling, could there be another reason for her pain, very confused about this illness, if anyone can commet on this i would be very grateful, thankyou
For instance, if a person is on 30mg of Adderall and wants to switch to Ritalin,..you will need aprox. 50 to 60mg of Ritalin to be equivelant to the 30mg of Adderall. I am on 60mg of Adderall daily. I wanted to try Ritalin again just for the heck of it. I have shown proof from reliable sources, to my Doc that he needs to give me MORE than 60mg Ritalin for it to be effective as 60mg Adderrall. He still will NOT increase the Ritalin dosage.
Hi, I am 54 years old, female. From around 1964 to 1969 I was put on Ritalin to control what they called a perceptual disorder/hyperactivity. I was also put on Phenobarbital for around 9 months when the Ritalin did not appear to be working. The Phenobarbital made me psychotic and prone to violent meltdowns. It was several months before anyone made the connection. I was then returned to Ritalin and remained on it until I reached puberty.
One of the side effects of Ritalin is paresthesia, probably because of circulation problems to the extremities.
This made me think that Ritalin also reduced blood flow to other parts of the body, possible the brain. This idea alarmed me, and made me search PubMed frantically.
Here are a few studies I found:
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/1992832
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.
Hello.
These two conditions are not noticed with Ritalin. You may have had them coincidentally.
Adult ADD is associated with a lot of other psychological problems. To avoid them, you should try and take Ritalin regularly.
Can you mention if you had AD/HD symptoms in the childhood?
So often in the morning he will seem unfocused so will not do well during early 8am test. His doctor and I discussed trying Ritalin first in the morning and then adding Vyvanse, which is the reverse of what many people do. Since Ritalin is faster acting I'm hoping that it will kick in first ( is it within 30 minutes?) and then after it kicks in to give Vyvanse.
The last time I had wanted adderrall all I could get my hands on was Ritalin, which is from what I was told was pretty much the same as adderrall, as well as similar dosages. When I took the 40mg ritalin I concluded that it was pretty much equivalent to a 30mg adderrall. So anyway back to that night!
I decided I was going to need help staying up for that long, I took two of the 40mg Ritalin. These alone would have probably been fine, but I made a foolish mistake afterward.
i got a new dr and he canged me from adderall to methylin generic ritalin....do they have kinda same ingrediaents..it to be used for depresssion but he said i have some add symptoms also on on xanax and prozac,,he is upping my prozac...
I was taking wellbutrin & ritalin & didn't have probs with seizures ever. The problems with seizures they've had with them are like you said people prone to them..like who have had one before. Or by overdosing. That's why most dr try to stick with sr as appose to xr cuz you're not taking as much at a time.
wellbutrin can act as a stimulant-like drug though too so that it combo with the ritalin made me a little more anxious...
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