GordyB
06-15-08, 10:31 AM
Hi all,
I've just started taking Concerta (18mg), and its totally transformed my working life, I can focus on my work (quite repetetive computer and phone based) totally, and I've been getting almost twice as much work done as I could before, I smile to myself periodically through the day as I realise how well I'm doing - its bloody amazing! HOWEVER, once its work off, I'm INCREDIBLY irritable and just downright nasty. Yesterday was the first day of taking it whilst not at work. Went to Blackpool for the day with my girlfriend and one of my best mates, and I found I just could not enjoy myself. I had nothing to talk about, and all I wanted to do was go back to work. I found myself snapping at both of them and being generally a total wan*er all day which really isn't like me. I realised I was doing it, but just couldn't feel anything - I didn't seem to care at the time. When it wore off, I was almost in tears when I realised how I'd been behaving.
Has anyone else felt like this when just starting on Concerta? Does this tend to wear off as I get used to the meds and build up some tolerance to it? I don't want to give up on it after only a week as its making an incredible difference to my work, which is what I really needeed so in that regard its working brilliantly, although I do feel a little over-focused at times. I just don't think I could cope with the side effects if they aren't likely to subside after time. I had been taking St John's Wort before I got the meds which had curbed my natural irritability to a good degree, has anyone tried taking it with Concerta? I did mention it to my doctor and she didn't say it would be unwise to combine the two but I haven't had a chance to go and buy any more since I got the prescription filled. I'm supposed to double the dose in a weeks time, but I'm not going to take a bigger dose unless I feel like more is going to be beneficial over the current dose.
Any comments would be greatly appreciated
I've just started taking Concerta (18mg), and its totally transformed my working life, I can focus on my work (quite repetetive computer and phone based) totally, and I've been getting almost twice as much work done as I could before, I smile to myself periodically through the day as I realise how well I'm doing - its bloody amazing! HOWEVER, once its work off, I'm INCREDIBLY irritable and just downright nasty. Yesterday was the first day of taking it whilst not at work. Went to Blackpool for the day with my girlfriend and one of my best mates, and I found I just could not enjoy myself. I had nothing to talk about, and all I wanted to do was go back to work. I found myself snapping at both of them and being generally a total wan*er all day which really isn't like me. I realised I was doing it, but just couldn't feel anything - I didn't seem to care at the time. When it wore off, I was almost in tears when I realised how I'd been behaving.
Has anyone else felt like this when just starting on Concerta? Does this tend to wear off as I get used to the meds and build up some tolerance to it? I don't want to give up on it after only a week as its making an incredible difference to my work, which is what I really needeed so in that regard its working brilliantly, although I do feel a little over-focused at times. I just don't think I could cope with the side effects if they aren't likely to subside after time. I had been taking St John's Wort before I got the meds which had curbed my natural irritability to a good degree, has anyone tried taking it with Concerta? I did mention it to my doctor and she didn't say it would be unwise to combine the two but I haven't had a chance to go and buy any more since I got the prescription filled. I'm supposed to double the dose in a weeks time, but I'm not going to take a bigger dose unless I feel like more is going to be beneficial over the current dose.
Any comments would be greatly appreciated