Adderall and Heart

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Hi Connie

Good to hear from you too. Yes I am concerned about my heart with this med. I

have Parasomal Atrial Tach, or rapid heart beat. I will call my heart doc on

Tuesday and she see what she says. When I looked up the Adderall it said it

comes in tablets and my rx is for 30mg. So if I take it I will probably cut the

tab in fourths and work up to the dose. Never like to start with a high dose of

anything.

My fatigue is so bad that I get up at 9 in the morning and have breakfast and go

back to bed. I fight sleep all day long and then kind of wake up about 8 in the

evening, and then can be up til 2 or 3 in the am. Makes for a crazy schedule.

I make all my appointments in the afternoon so I can have all day to get ready.

Talk about quality of life. I miss out out on everything.

Sorry to hear about your hubby. Hope he can do better. These bodies do wear

out. Thank God for the joy of heaven, that it is God's free gift to us who

accept it. I will pray for you too as it is hard to care for someone when you

are both sick.

Would you believe I am still on Plaquenil? It is almost nine years ago since

you told me about it. My eyes have been stable, no iritis flares. PTL. Just

hope my body can still tolerate it for a while longer.

God Bless

Love and Hugs

Priscilla

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Hi Priscilla

You wrote:

" My fatigue is so bad that I get up at 9 in the morning and have breakfast and

go back to bed. I fight sleep all day long and then kind of wake up about 8 in

the evening, and then can be up til 2 or 3 in the am. "

Been going through that in the last few months. Tired all day, fall asleep if

anywhere near a pillow and the BAM!!! wide awake around 8 - 9 PM through till

daylight comes.

I get flares of Iritis as well, more often than not in the Left eye so I am

constantly blinking in that eye and as the day wears on, the right one becomes

involved.

Of course, like many of us, I also have the electrical parts of the heart

messing up and I noticed a short spell of Atrial Fib last evening. I thought

about going into the hospital emergency room but the fibrillation stopped and

went back into normal rythm. I do know that if it does act up more often they

will have to put in one of those pacemaker/defibrilator machines in my chest.

I would definately check with an Internist before taking the Aderall

I vowed 11 years ago that I would participate in parades no more. Twelve years

of parades just about every weekend in the summer was put behind me due to a

silent heart attack. But this year I broke my vow and helped the local United

Church of Canada congregation put an entry into a parade held today. We won

First Place and Judges Choice awards, the ladies were suprised as we only

decorated the truck early this morning. When doing the mascots and the Medicine

Hat College parade float for 10 years I have accumulated a lot of red and blue

ribbons and cups for my entries. Two more will reside in Peace United.

Of course they have me working on next years entry into several parades in South

East Alberta so I am going to design something that fits around an 18 passenger

van then folds up and goes inside for transportation.

The biggest gamble for me is to be a tad more active and not set my heart rythms

off again.

But I ramble off topic.

Fr. Dave