Posted by Paulbwell on September 18, 2005, at 23:36:52
In reply to Re: Dexedrine, Amphetamines, posted by Sarah T. on September 17, 2005, at 23:12:02
> Hi Kara,
> Thank you so much for pointing this out to me. No, I hadn't seen rhappy's post before now. I have to think about it for a day or so. I'm not sure I agree with rhappy. In fact, what he/she wrote seems to contradict the little I know about these things. I'm awfully wary of taking more Dexedrine than I was on. My doctor always told me to take more. He'd say, "You're on such a low dose. Take more." So, I'd try more, and I'd just flop down in a chair and become almost as much of a zombie as I was on Celexa. In fact, I often thought that Dexedrine and Celexa must deplete dopamine in the same parts of the brain. Of course, Celexa was much worse.
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> I will reply to you in a day or so. Right now, all I can say is that when I've tried much higher doses of Dexedrine and other stimulants, I am almost immoblized, and I've read elsewhere that that is usually a sign of having taken too much.
I too became a depressed zombie on Celexa-it's such a strongly selective Serotonin drug that it seemed to completly overpower Dopamine.Strange that you are immoblised on higher doses of Dex, when i first started Ritalin it stimulated me, then calmed me, but now a year and half later, it seems to often make me irritable, not the calm centered person i was, of course it also depends on the outside stimulation i'm subjected to-all very confusing how the Brain responds- back and fourth with it's activity.
Perhaps i'd do better on dex-it has been described as having a less "Caffeinated" fell than Methylphenidate, smoother, or well.
Cheers
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