More chat about Ritalin
For choicethings:
This is just my personal experience with this drug. You should check with your doctor, obviously, but I hope this helps…
I was put on Ritalin recently. I normally use it to supplement the Daytrana patch which wears off at around 3pm. However, when I ran out of patches before the weekend, and couldn’t get an Rx, I took the Ritalin instead. I really noticed a difference in efficacy with the higher dose.
So, normally, this is what I do:
Daytrana dose is 1 x 30mg patch applied to the hip each morning. The box says it lasts 9 hours. So if I apply it at 7:00am, it wears off by 2:00-3:00pm. This is when I add the Ritalin, 1x 20mg tablet.
When I was out of patches, I did this:
7:00am – 1 x 20mg tablet of Ritalin 11:30am – 1 x 20mg tablet of Ritalin 4:00pm – ½ tablet (10mgs) of Ritalin
I don’t know how this compares in dose with the patch, but I felt really productive, more so than on the patch.
However, the effect that Ritalin has on me is that I feel “rough around the edges”. The onset of relief, and the wearing off are both much more harsh than the patch, which isn’t harsh at all. I feel that the harshness of the Ritalin, or it’s very quick response, lends itself to making me feeling a tad “addicted”, because there is such an immediate response. I can easily see why this drug is so abused.
That said, I’m back on the patch as of today, and I rather prefer the smoother transition that it offers. Today, I didn’t need it, but I still carry my Ritalin tablets in case I need them.
BTW, I’m really impressed that you’re able to focus on the computer at work. You must be doing something really interesting! I had to quit my job this week because I couldn’t focus on work on the computer. Granted, the job bored me out of my skull…
