robinul experiences
Posted: Fri Jun 19, 2009 10:09 am
Just to share with others...
I got a prescription for robinul from my doctor to try out. He'd never heard of using it for this, but thought it was a novel idea and was game to let me experiment.
Day 1, I took 1mg around 3 p.m. I noticed no effect at all.
Day 2, I took 2mg around 8 a.m. By midday I thought maybe some effect, but not much. I took an additional 1 mg mid afternoon and by evening my hands seemed a bit drier. Laying in bed that night with my lady I still had very slight sweating.
Day 3, I again took 2mg around 8 am on a fully empty stomach and didn't eat again for about 3 hours. Noticed slight bit of dryness but still nothing impressive.
Day 4, yesterday, I took 2 mg around 3 pm. I'd last eaten around 11:30 and had a few hours until dinner. By 6 pm I was dry. Like, really really dry. My girlfriend actually commented that my hands felt like sandpaper. It wasn't a terribly warm day, but still when we snuggled up in a chair together I usually get mildly clammy on skin that is under her skin, none of that. My hands were dry to the point of almost feeling stiff. I'd say on this instance, it worked *too* well.
So overall, hard to give a solid review. It seems some days it works differently than others. Some days 2mg didn't do much, some times it was just perfect and yesterday it worked too well. That makes dosing problematic... Perhaps I just need to make sure to lotion my hands more, today they still feel dry (even though I have the normal mild hand sweating, my skin still feels oddly dried out).
Side effect wise, the most annoying thing was a sore throat. I've had a mildly scratchy throat every day I've taken it. Not bad enough to be a problem, but enough to be annoying. I get no drowsiness or dizziness with it. My eyes seem to do fine (but they're normally watery from allergies). My mouth does get a bit dry. Hard to describe, even though I have saliva in my mouth my lips seem to get really dry and I get a bit of cotton mouth.
Overall, yes, it works and the side effects are tolerable. However, dosing is problematic and the side effects are annoying. In addition 60 1mg pills cost me nearly $70 (generic, still haven't met the deductible on my insurance). My plan right now is to continue on with iontophersis (the hand sweating bothers me more than anything) and hope it may kick in some day, and keep the robinul aside for situations when I know I'll really need extra help.
I got a prescription for robinul from my doctor to try out. He'd never heard of using it for this, but thought it was a novel idea and was game to let me experiment.
Day 1, I took 1mg around 3 p.m. I noticed no effect at all.
Day 2, I took 2mg around 8 a.m. By midday I thought maybe some effect, but not much. I took an additional 1 mg mid afternoon and by evening my hands seemed a bit drier. Laying in bed that night with my lady I still had very slight sweating.
Day 3, I again took 2mg around 8 am on a fully empty stomach and didn't eat again for about 3 hours. Noticed slight bit of dryness but still nothing impressive.
Day 4, yesterday, I took 2 mg around 3 pm. I'd last eaten around 11:30 and had a few hours until dinner. By 6 pm I was dry. Like, really really dry. My girlfriend actually commented that my hands felt like sandpaper. It wasn't a terribly warm day, but still when we snuggled up in a chair together I usually get mildly clammy on skin that is under her skin, none of that. My hands were dry to the point of almost feeling stiff. I'd say on this instance, it worked *too* well.
So overall, hard to give a solid review. It seems some days it works differently than others. Some days 2mg didn't do much, some times it was just perfect and yesterday it worked too well. That makes dosing problematic... Perhaps I just need to make sure to lotion my hands more, today they still feel dry (even though I have the normal mild hand sweating, my skin still feels oddly dried out).
Side effect wise, the most annoying thing was a sore throat. I've had a mildly scratchy throat every day I've taken it. Not bad enough to be a problem, but enough to be annoying. I get no drowsiness or dizziness with it. My eyes seem to do fine (but they're normally watery from allergies). My mouth does get a bit dry. Hard to describe, even though I have saliva in my mouth my lips seem to get really dry and I get a bit of cotton mouth.
Overall, yes, it works and the side effects are tolerable. However, dosing is problematic and the side effects are annoying. In addition 60 1mg pills cost me nearly $70 (generic, still haven't met the deductible on my insurance). My plan right now is to continue on with iontophersis (the hand sweating bothers me more than anything) and hope it may kick in some day, and keep the robinul aside for situations when I know I'll really need extra help.