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So, I've been taking Concerta for a month now. 18mg x 2 for about a month. I like it well enough. I was getting decent results, but felt a bit hyper at times. Talked to the doc and he decided to up the dose to 18mg x 3 per day to see if it helps. Today is the first day of the higher dose and I felt a bit jumpy for my tastes. On the plus side, I've been getting a lot of work done.

I got my original prescription with a coupon that gave me 42 pills for free. This latest scrip I had to run through insurance. I asked the pharmacist how much it was without insurance and it was over $500 for 120 pills. I don't know how people afford this stuff at $500 per month! It's not like this is cancer medication!

Another side bar, I have to go get an EKG and Lipid test because sudden cardiac death is a potential side effect for this drug. Oh great, now my heart is going to explode.

Apparently I am on the borderline as far as my age is concerned as to if I needed to get the EKG or not. I'm not terribly concerned, I have a great heart with the exception of a slightly irregular beat from time to time.

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Went to the Dr. on Thursday and got a new drug to try out. I'm on Concerta now. I got a free trial coupon from my doc. It's a slow release rittalin variant. I am hopeful as I had good results with rittalin before. I just started taking it today, and it was a pretty good day, although I just sat around the house. It seemed to take a while longer to kick in, but kept working until later in the evening. I can take up to 4 a day and thing I will likely end up taking a couple.

I'll keep you posted