Posted by Alex J on January 31, 2002, at 16:37:14
In reply to re: stimulant dehydration?, posted by 3 Beer Effect on January 28, 2002, at 21:52:50
I definitely do not drink enough water or any other liquid (besides coffee) for that matter. I am aware that caffeine causes dehydration but I was not aware that Dexedrine does also.
The reason I drink coffee is it seems to relax me. It does not make me jittery. Unfortunately at times coffee totally destabilizes me.
I have done some experimenting this week by drastically cutting back on my coffee intake and I am feeling better.
> Do you drink enough water? Dexedrine & Caffeine all cause dehydration, that could in part be a problem that is causing dysphoria. You would probably be better off drinking Gatorade or ice water at work while you are on the dexedrine. Dexedrine is really a much superior stimulant to caffeine & you probably shouldn't need any caffeine with the high dose of 30 mg/day of dexedrine (unless you are on the 'spansules' which don't work nearly as well as regular dexedrine). Caffeine on top of the dexedrine is bound to cause nervousness & dysphoria. Dexedrine, the d-isomer of amphetamine is greatly superior to regular racemic d,l amphetamine because it causes about 5x as much psycho/CNS stimulation as amphetamine without as much 'peripheral' (bad, dysphoric) CNS side effects . Caffeine is a "dirty" stimulant like regular d,l amphetamine because it causes much 'peripheral' cns stimulation (nervousness, jitteriness, increase in breathing, heartrate etc)& although caffeine weakly increases norepinephrine & dopamine it is not a very good psychostimulant.
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