Ritalin and DLPA - ADD / ADHD Message Board

sodawater · 12-08-2005, 11:49 AM

Before starting Ritalin I had been taking 1500 mg of DLPA every morning. With the more pronounced effects of the Ritalin I wondered to what degree the DLPA had been a placebo effect.

About 3.5 weeks ago, I stopped taking the DLPA altogether. I didn't think much of it, but in retrospect had something of a terrible time. I started feeling very irritable when short-acting Ritalin hit the 3 hour mark or so and I felt myself growing a bit depressed and much much more frustrated than usual. While there are some other factors at play, I think I had overlooked the benefits of DLPA. Yesterday I took 1000 mg and about 30 minutes later had a slightly euphoric feeling, and the frustrated feeling I'd been carrying all day just evaporated.

Anyone else use both together? Seems to have been helping me more than I realized with the frustrations of the Ritalin crash. The only side effects I have read about are a limited possibility to raise blood pressure (fairly rare I think) and of course the combined stimulant effect.

addprogrammer · 12-09-2005, 06:57 PM

sodawater,

I have no experience with DLPA. From experience, though, I can say nutritional supplements help stimulant meds control ADHD but are of little value in themselves. I use L-Tyrosine, multi-vitamins and bee pollen with noticable benefits. I just may try the DLPA to see if it helps me.

I'm soured on Ritalin for adults. I thought I was weird (of course I am) because I burned off Ritalin so quickly. I worked like magic for maybe two hours then bang - nada. Another dose same cycle. It seems most adults experience the same problem. Doc switched me to SR and I experienced little improvement. New doc switched me to Adderal XR and finally all day efficacy.