does anyone know how ritalin would interact with effexor and wellbutrin?
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No it looks like they are all compatible with each other. If you want some more info go to this link:\n\nhttp://health.yahoo.com/drug/d00900a1#d00900a1-drugs\n\nAlso, if you ever have any questions like that you can always call a pharmacist. Any local Walgreens, Osco, Walmart, would do. Just give them a call and ask if they would interact with each other. Good luck!
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Ritalin.  Check out this link for more info:\n\nhttp://www.rxlist.com/cgi/generic/methphen.htm
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i'm a biopsych major and i think what you're looking for is drugs such as ritalin that affect dopamine synapses in the brain and play a role in the patient's behaviour.  other antipsychotics also have behavioural affects resulting from different neurotransmittors in the brain.
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60 mg was obviously too high of a dose, and your Dr was right to eather.....up your dose, but not by as much as he did origlionally , or switch you to one of the other ADD drugs. \n\n   Quite simply, the various ADD drugs will often work differently for different people, and, as "unscientific" as this sounds,  the only real way to really tell what will work for you is the good ol' "hit or miss" method.\n\n(It's the same with selecting the "right" antidepressant as well.) \n\n  "...whats up with the 60 mg of dexedrine not helping at all when 20 mg [of Ritalin?] does..."\n\n  Not all drugs are as powerful, measure for measure, as others.  So 20mg of one might be a big dose, while 50 of another might be a small dose.\n\n  What you are looking for is noticable results......without side effects.  And that's what you need to hold out for.\n\n  A recent study of....Adderal, I think it was.....showed that MUCH SMALLER doses than were origionally thought to work best......turned out to produce the best outcome, when reduction in symptoms were later objectively tested.\n\n  Hope you find yourself "Getting your s**t together" soon !  \n\n  ADD has it's good points, but being able to use your energy in the many ways that you might wish to....is not generally one of them !! \n\n  :- )\n\n  Bob J.
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my daughter just growing out of adhd.  she had Ritalin for a while and it totally took over her personality.  i took her off all meds after that and worked out different forms of concentration techniques, it took time and patience but she's getting there. good luck
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Wellbutrin (bupropion hydrochloride) is a multiple reuptake inhibitor used to treat clinical depression.  Wellbutrin is also a popular drug used to counter the side effects of other medications, such as sexual dysfunction, low energy levels and weight gain.\n\nBupropion It is a chemical derivative of diethylpropion, an amphetamine-like substance used to lose weight.\n\nI'm scheduled to start Wellbutrin next week and I've done a pleathora of research on the MRI's and spoke to many people using Effexor and Wellbutrin - and people seem to be very pleased with Wellbutrin and my pDOC has had a lot of success with it with her other patients.\n\nI've heard some real horror stories about trying to get off of Effexor, as it is known to be the hardest antidepressant to get off of with the harshest withdrawal syndrom.  \n\nGood luck and I hope you have a smooth transition.
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Do not be afraid to have a conversation about this with your doctor. Often he/she can discuss some more options. I have talked with some patients (I was on preceptorships) on switching to wellbutrin. Many of those said that wellbutrin has less side effects. I believe how ever wellbutrin is more expensive.(I'm not sure)\nHowever, everyone responds to meds different. Hope this helps.
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With a concern this serious, you should be relying on the advice of your doctor and pharmacist, and not on the advice of some unknown Yahoo! Answers user. Respondents who respond to this question could be knowledgeable, or they could be unintentionally (or perhaps even intentionally) offering misleading, and even potentially dangerous advice.\n\nThe online literature for Concerta (an ADHD drug) warns about using the drug with so-called "pressor" agents (drugs intended to increase your blood pressure like dopamine or epinephrine). Further, there is evidence that Concerta may inhibit the metabolism of various anticoagulants, anticonvulsants, and some antidepressants (tricyclics and selective serotonin uptake inhibitors). Serious effects have been reported when using both Concerta and clonidine drugs.\n\nProzac is a serotonin uptake inhibitor with significant associated warnings that must be understood by any young child's caregivers.\n\nCall your doctor or pharmacist immediately if you have any concerns about possible interactions between drugs. Don't rely on the good/bad or possibly indifferent advice of the people here.
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I have been on and off soo many different medications over the past 7 years, Wellbutrin being one.  The first time around that I took wellbutrin it did wonders for me and I had no side effects except maybe a little weight loss.  I took it for depression and it also helped with ADHD.  It wasn't an immediate difference that made me all of a sudden happy about life but it hit me all at once along the way and i looked back and realized how much wellbutrin had helped me.  I was happy.  I was positive (which you have to take part in trying to get that mindset) and I noticed I hadn't been sad/down or upset about anything in months.  It was one of my favorite and most successful medications.\n  .....I eventually came off of it (b/c Dr. felt it wasnt needed since i was happy and content) and went back on and off other drugs later on when I fell back into depression.  This past year I tried Wellbutrin XL (there is a difference) and it had no effect on me at all, which was obviously no help at all.\n\nZoloft and Paxil I have heard positives AND negatives about.  They are both under the same category SSRI's and so they are both very similar in how they work and you'll most likely have similar side effects from both.  Prozac is also in the same category and in my own personal experience, I will NEVER take another drug in that category because it did exactly the opposite of what it was supposed to.  It really jsut depends on the person tho.  Its trial and error and everyones body reacts differently to different drugs.  \n\nI would lean towards the wellbutrin for you though....especially if you havent ever been on an antidepressant.  also, ive heard more negatives from other and worse side effects from zoloft and paxil.  Wellbutrin tends to not have much of any after the first 2 days (and i only had nausea).  Just dont take it on an empty stomach.  and if anything, instead of a decrease in sex drive like most other antidepressants, ive heard many stories of an increase in it from wellbutrin!  (always a plus).  Good luck!
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I've seen stimulants (like Ritalin) given when depression leads to extreme tiredness (perhaps because of insomnia). There are better drugs than Ritalin for this though (like Provigil--makes you more alert but is not an amphetamine like Ritalin). The perk-me-up drugs aren't intended to combat the depression, but the lack of energy symptom of depression.\n\nBut this is a conversation you need to be having with your psychiatrist, not Yahoo!
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Wellbutrin is used primarily for depression but it does have unlabeled uses.  Effexor is labeled for a somewhat wider range of uses -- anxiety disorder as well as depression.  While undergoing substance withdrawal, is the med to be used to treat the depression or anxiety or both?  You may want to go with Effexor. Your best bet is to talk it over with the prescribing physician.
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I have taken both and find that wellbutrin xl does nothing for anxiety however for fatigue does wonders, so much that  i can not sleep at night.  Lexapro will be excellent for anxiety, lexapro is a ssri, which is just seretonin which addresses ocd and anxiety, Wellbutrin addresses dopamine and norepinephrine which addresses fatigue and lethargy.  I am a bit confused as to your question.\n\none of the reasons the dr. would be prescribing wellbutrin is to offset the side effects of ssri lexapro and to offset the weight gain and the sexual side effects.
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you really need to speak to a qualified doctor about this, since two people on the same anti depressant can experience varying degrees of the same side effects or in fact different side effects altogether.\n  I take efexor and it took many years of trying various anti depressants at varying doses before I found one that worked for me and that I suffer little or no side effects with.  The only unpleasant side effect happens if I miss a dose.
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adderall, dexedrine(dextroamphetamine), ritalin, cylert...  like the other guy said..  all of em... cept sometimes they try SSRI'S  and whatnot..  but ALL of the classical stimulant ADD/ADHD drugs show up as crack/meth.. because thats what they are essentially.. and i know because(cough)..  just as good/bad.
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Yes, most likely.  I have been told by different professionals that it is like being diabetic--one who has to take meds all their life.  It's just something you get used to.\n\nI take an anti-depressant along with an anti-manic agent.  Effexor and Eskalith.  For the long run.  And I'm okay with that.
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Alza 36 is methylphenidate, brand name Ritalin, but this particular pill is sold as Concerta (it is an extended release version of the drug).  It is a mild central nervous system stimulant.  Like many psychotropic drugs, scientists don't know for sure how it works.  Methylphenidate is thought to stimulate an area of the brain that is involved in impulse control, which may not work as well in patients with ADD/ADHD.  (Contray to rumors, methylphenidate does not have a sedative effect on ADD/ADHD kids and a stimulant effect on "normal" kids . . . the area affected seems to be the important part.)  Hope this helps
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Zoloft and Effexor both are known for causing side effects in a lot of people.  I don't know about Tofranil, but I would ask the doctor and the pharmacist if they know why your pupil dialated & if they have ever heard of it happening on anti-depressant.