juniemarie
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I was not sure this was the right section for this post…let me know and I can move it.
I have the opposite of what most people who post on the sleep section have….borderline narcolepsy
I take 20 mg Adderall a day to combat it. Its not considered a very high dose but its enough to make someone without excessive sleepiness stay awake for days.
I have been on it for about 9 yrs. It does not cause me any problems or interfere with my sleep. I sleep about 8 hrs a night, no problems getting to sleep or staying asleep either.
My doc gave me an herbal tincture a couple of months ago that was a heart/BP mix with hawthorn and I started getting very sleepy even after taking my adderall. I didn't realize it had valerian in it and that that could increase my sleepiness so I stopped it and within days the sleepiness stopped.
I am treating lyme, bartonella & babesia with ABX and herbal tinctures.
After being on Rifampin for about 3 mos. I began to get very fatigued and found out it can mess with your adrenals so I decided to stop it.
Then I began taking and herbal tincture for my adrenals with Eleuthero & Rhodiola. Have been on it for 3 weeks with no problems.
The other herbs I'm on for Lyme & CO. are Cryptolepis, Sida Acuta, Japanese Knotweed.
I have been on the crypt.& sida for almost a year
The only new thing I have added, about a week ago is Japanese Knotweed. I have taken it in the past without problems
Started Doxycycline about 2 mos ago.
For the last 2 days even after 20 mg of Adderall I can not keep my eyes open. It seriously interferes with my life…..things like driving to the store are almost impossible.
I don't want to increase my Adderall. I need to pick this apart and see which of the things I take could have the potential to cause this.
Let me know if anyone has any ideas in the mean time maybe I should post this on either the Lyme section or perhaps the Genetic &SNP section.
In the meantime I'm going to try a No-Doz caffeine pill as a temporary fix.
I have the opposite of what most people who post on the sleep section have….borderline narcolepsy
I take 20 mg Adderall a day to combat it. Its not considered a very high dose but its enough to make someone without excessive sleepiness stay awake for days.
I have been on it for about 9 yrs. It does not cause me any problems or interfere with my sleep. I sleep about 8 hrs a night, no problems getting to sleep or staying asleep either.
My doc gave me an herbal tincture a couple of months ago that was a heart/BP mix with hawthorn and I started getting very sleepy even after taking my adderall. I didn't realize it had valerian in it and that that could increase my sleepiness so I stopped it and within days the sleepiness stopped.
I am treating lyme, bartonella & babesia with ABX and herbal tinctures.
After being on Rifampin for about 3 mos. I began to get very fatigued and found out it can mess with your adrenals so I decided to stop it.
Then I began taking and herbal tincture for my adrenals with Eleuthero & Rhodiola. Have been on it for 3 weeks with no problems.
The other herbs I'm on for Lyme & CO. are Cryptolepis, Sida Acuta, Japanese Knotweed.
I have been on the crypt.& sida for almost a year
The only new thing I have added, about a week ago is Japanese Knotweed. I have taken it in the past without problems
Started Doxycycline about 2 mos ago.
For the last 2 days even after 20 mg of Adderall I can not keep my eyes open. It seriously interferes with my life…..things like driving to the store are almost impossible.
I don't want to increase my Adderall. I need to pick this apart and see which of the things I take could have the potential to cause this.
Let me know if anyone has any ideas in the mean time maybe I should post this on either the Lyme section or perhaps the Genetic &SNP section.
In the meantime I'm going to try a No-Doz caffeine pill as a temporary fix.
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