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Re: Psychostimulant Tolerance and Medications » zeugma

Posted by chemist on August 17, 2004, at 21:02:25

In reply to Re: Psychostimulant Tolerance and Medications, posted by zeugma on August 17, 2004, at 15:57:44

hello there, chemist here....for what it's worth, i do agree most with zeugma's assessment....i take dexedrine and xanax - a much harder to come by prescription here in the u.s. than adderall and klonopin, and my doses are 30 mg/day and 4 mg/day, respectively, so by no means a lightweight combo - and it works for me. i do think that there is some room for individual biochemistry and severity/cormorbidity of disorders addressed by these meds, and should not be dismissed if the job is being done. i do modulate the dexedrine on the downside, and i would say that at a month's end, there are several 10s of mg of leftover dexedrine and a few mg of leftover xanax. this is not because i am the master of staying within my dose range, rather it turns out that on average, i require this amount of medication. period. there are times when i have had too much coffee or taken an extra 0.5 to 1.0 mg xanax, but in the end, my doctor has the final say, and i get more than enough sleep and exercise and do manage to accomlish a fair amount of work. so, unless you are roaming the bad parts of town looking for an illicit source of amphetamine or ``doctor shopping,'' why discontinue what appears to be a working combination? i do assume your doctor is apprised of your situation.....all the best, chemist


> I don't think it's oxymoronic to take Klonopin and Ritalin or Adderall at once. I have an anxiety disorder to go with ADHD and it can be necessary to take them both, although it's hard to get either one prescribed due to FDA scrutiny of psychiatric prescriptions (politics makes bad medicine- consider how many have been disappointed by Strattera, but I think pdocs are obliged to try it first because it is not a controlled substance). I know that a lot of people become depressed on Klonopin, but as I look back, eliminating Strattera from my regimen revealed that it was probably the Strat that was responsible for the depression I suffered from recently. And tolerance to the sedating effects of Klonopin develops pretty quickly. In any case, my social anxiety is so extreme that I have no qualms about taking Klonopin, and it does not worsen my ADHD.


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