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Author: Admin | 2025-04-28
I'm in my mid-twenties and have been on ADD meds consistently for about 6 or 7 years. I have switched from Ritalin to Adderall, then to Vyvanse for about 5 of the years, and then recently back to Adderall and now Ritalin. This summer my doctor mentioned my high resting heart rate. The nurse had measured it at 114 BPM resting that morning. Dr told me to lay off caffeine while on Adderall. I cut caffeine completely, but the next time I came in during October my resting heart rate was actually higher than it was months prior, at 117 BPM. I was very concerned and I began to wonder how long this had been going on. Records showed that I've had a higher rate than normal for a while, during my time on ADD meds. I had an average of 84 BMP in 2015, and 94 BPM in 2017, b ut since January 2018, I've had an average of 105 BPM, and only once had a resting rate lower than 100. So in October I began cutting my doses down, while continuing to stay off caffeine. I also began (trying to) exercise somewhat regularly. During this time I also switched from taking Fluoxetine (Prozac) to Celexa, for anxiety and depression. My heart rate did go down after all of this, but still, my resting rate was often still over 100 BPM when I checked it on my own. When I went back to the doctor in November it was at at 104 BPM. I also asked the Dr to switch to another ADD med, because the thought of having a high resting heart rate was stressing me out. So, he switched me to Ritalin. For the first few weeks the switch from Adderall to Ritalin (and/or Fluoxetine to Celexa) seemed to lower my heart rate. While it was still higher than normal, my resting rate was regularly in the low 90s and high 80s, give or take, only occasionally rising to the low 100s. But then, it began increasing again, without any change in dosage of anything. It is
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