Posted by Elizabeth on July 15, 2001, at 16:52:10
In reply to Re: is everything a sign of underlying dep???!!! » Elizabeth, posted by Cece on July 14, 2001, at 21:16:54
> I had brain fog for a long time- despite reducing doses of sedating meds. I tried Aricept, didn't do a thing for me, and made me feel a little weird (sorry, don't remember details of weirdness- it was awhile ago).
I asked my pdoc about Aricept. He wasn't impressed by it (for Alzheimer's, anyway) but said it might help reduce anticholinergic side effects (a major problem for me).
> The fog didn't break for me until early this year when in a close space of time I started taking Adderall 10mg/day, and T4 Thyroid Levothroid 50mcg/day. I had already been taking T3 thyroid (Cytomel 10mcg/day) for several years as an AD augmenter.
That sounds so jittery!
> Since I started taking both of them close together, it's hard to say if both did the trick, or if one or the other was the real helper.
That's the trouble with trying things all at once. OTOH, if you can't wait, you have to.
> I had never had the full battery of Thyroid tests before and always had tested 'borderline okay'. When I had complete tests, I came in 'borderline low'. Some pdocs use Thyroid meds as ADs even if tests are normal.
That's true. I've always thought maybe I should try T3 or T4, although my TSH has always come back normal (I was taking lithium for a while so I had it tested regularly).
> Re the Adderall- v. hard to say if I'm ADD- maybe, but not classically so. I actually don't care whether I am or not, I just care that this med has helped me.
In what way?
-elizabeth
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