Posted by Kacy on September 21, 2003, at 17:14:19
In reply to Dexedrine is AMAZING! (but I am skeptical), posted by zarathustra on September 20, 2003, at 18:22:49
Zarathrusta, I think you still have to fight to change long-standing habits when you get chemical help for add. Do you read any of the books, try any of the advice, go to any of the add websites? I can recommend some. What are the "things you do and the things you don't do" that cause you the most regret and frustration? Are you add/inattentive or hyperactive?
I would start the doses as you leave for work if you are waking up right before you go. In other words, I would take it at the beginning of your waking day. I don't think the dose level you are taking is addicting.
This sounds great: "Enthusiastic, goal oriented, optimistic, and sociable." If the drug did those things for me, I'd stay on it forever. I got some of that once on Ritalin, but it was at 4 x a day of the highest dose and three times a day is the maximum my doctor he can prescribe. I don't get much or any response at lower level. I want to try dexadrine. Initially, I turned it down because of its name. I've used Ritalin and Adderal and, now, Strattera.
Reading other people on the sites helps me. Below is a post I got somewhere—might even have been here. I saved it because it was so funny and inspiring.
"First, YOU ARE NOT WHAT YOU DO. We are more than how we pay the bills. We are more than arbitrary designations that categorize us- degrees, awards, whatever. We are more than what they say we are."You're talking to the woman who owes my library almost $500 in overdue fines, crashed my new car into a LARGE street sign shortly after I bought it, because I "forgot" to use the emergency brake. I leave my purse on top my car, and drive off, and then have to order all new credit cards. Recently, not only did I forget to lock my front door before leaving to go to the store I ACTUALLY FORGOT TO CLOSE THE DOOR in subzero weather. When I apply for a loan, they actually laugh. I've manage to P*** off nearly everyone who comes in close contact with me on a regular basis, and, well, I yell. In the ten years since I graduated HS, and have been in school I STILL don't have a degree (actually, I hope I get to go back to school, because last semester I just didn't turn in two 40 page term papers- I just couldn't do 'em) I guess if it came down to it, I could say that I'm incompetent, too.
"BUT, I know that despite my vagaries, I still can do stuff no one else can- I can figure stuff out, entertain my friends, make my daughter laugh so hard milk comes out of her nose, and make my husband know that he's LOVED. I take care of my mama. I'm nice to old people, animals, and little kids. I read lots, and know more than they could ever possibly quantify."
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