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Re: Daily Adderall Crashes

Posted by benzapp on February 1, 2002, at 17:34:52

In reply to Re: Daily Adderall Crashes, posted by MB on January 30, 2002, at 3:51:59

Yeah its too bad... Methylized organic chemicals are generally far superior to the others. If only the government understood the only reason it is a popular street drug is it is so easy to convert over the counter sudafed into methamphetamine.

> > MB --
> >
> > Yes, definitely work with your MD. It may take a while to fine tune. Wellbutrin is a great option because of lack of sexual side effects, efficacious for ADD and sometimes bipolar. Keep Klonopin pm for RLS/sleep.
> >
> > If you stay with stimulants, be sure to try dexedrine (different formulation than Adderall)and Ritalin. All 3 have very different impact -- you may find that one of these others is smoother for you and less likely to cause crash/dysphoria. Cylert might be ok as last resort. Problem with amphet/Adderall/ritalin stimulants is they tend to be so blunt -- quick into the system, quick out. When taken with another med/AD, very small dose am seems to work best and minimizes crashing. Another option might be a longer-acting dopaminergic like selegeline or bromocriptine or amantadine which acts more smoothly throughout the day. Small subtheraputic
> > doses usually work well with an AD.
> >
> > Best,
> >
> > Darby
>
> My pdoc suggested Adderall XR. They used to make a Desoxyn XR but they stopped. He said that he thought the Desoxyn XR was the best...bummed that it was discontinued.


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