Methylin Er Makes Me Tired Should I Up The Dose

My doctor just gave me a prescription of methylin er and it makes me tired. Should I up the dose to give me enery to concentrate. I don't need to be tired I need to be awake to concentrate. This is the 1st day i took it. Are you suppose to be sluggish? Or does it just take a couple days to work effectivley? I am 54 and need to concentrate.

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I have tried both generic ritalin (methylin er) and BRAND NAME ritalin. There is HUGE difference!
If you are getting tired on generic ritalin ask your doctor to write on perscription: brand name nessasary. It costs more but worth it. You should give the brand name ritalin a few weeks before you see a consistant change.

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I've found that any ER or LA doesn't work for me. Methylphenidate doesn't work either. Only the immediate release Methylin works. However, I haven't tried the brand name, Ritalin. I'd be quite curious to see if that makes a significant difference. Pharmacists have tried telling me there's no difference between Methylphenidate and Methylin, but my doctor said the active ingredients in generics can vary 60% from the brand. I'll stick with Methylin until I can afford to try Ritalin (immediate release - of course). I don't know if this is fact, but I read that Methylphenidate is long acting/timed release. I have a 2 year-old and two 1 year olds. I don't have time to wait half the day to see if it might work!

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No, they don't vary 60% from the name brand, they can only vary up to plus or minus 20%, which is a 40% window of variation.

The FDA will not allow the variances to go any higher than what's considered to be therapeutically insignificant for most people.

Where the problems usually arise, however, is when someone switches from one generic to another, since they are only required to measure against the name brand and not against each other.

So one generic medication may have a slightly higher amount of the active ingredient in it and then you may be given a different one from your pharmacy that is slightly low, so if you're sensitive to medications, you may experience problems, because for you, it's a significant change.

As to changing a dosage, that should never be done on your own, you should only do that with your doctor's approval. If the medication isn't working for you, it may not be the right one for you to use and you may need to try something else.

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