Posted by laima on January 19, 2007, at 19:29:34
In reply to Re: dexedrine and generic, etc » laima, posted by psychobot5000 on January 19, 2007, at 17:16:27
Thanks for further clarification. As for the sugar thing, I would think it odd if the pills were sweetened not because kids shouldn't have sugar, but because very young children already confuse pills and candy sometimes. But I know, that's a stretch, especially since one would hope their parents were holding the medication. Just found it curious is all. I personally do find it questionable that young children are ever given amphetamines in the first place, considering the dramatic effects they can have on mood, but that's just me and my amateur feelings, based on my own experience with the drugs as an adult, and on things I've read. Mostly I wonder if the sweetness might be evidence that the particular generic company could be skewing the proportions of the ingredients in their version of "adderall". What it would mean if they are now seems unclear.Anyway, so far I've not experienced any anxiety from adderall, and do wonder if the anxiety I felt with dexedrine might possibly have been from combining it with wellbutrin, which is also considered "stimulating". I thought, maybe too much stimulation? I sort of hope I might have a chance to re-try now that I'm not using any wellbutrin. Too much ritalin on the other hand, did give me a bit of choppy agitation.
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> > You seem to be saying also that the brand name dexedrine is not quite the same chemically as generic dextroamphetamine.
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> I did not mean to say this--just that adderall's dextroamphetamine elements are bonded to other things in order to vary their metabolism. As far as I know, generic and brand-name dexamphetamine should be essentially identical (though I have heard people dispute this on the internet). I can't imagine why they wouldn't be the same, though I have no particular knowledge about it. ...Some say the Malinckrodt dexamphetamine or the brand name are best...
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> Also, the amount of sugar in a pill the size of a dexamphetamine seems as though it would be insignificant. And the idea that you 'shouldn't give kids sugar' is largely unsupported, as far as I can tell. I'm -told- that excess sugar in the bloodstream is quickly cleared out...
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> Anyway. If you've found one of these stimulants that seems to work, then maybe that's the one to go with? Often, anxiety can be dealt with by lowering the dose? I find that my anxiety generally disappears after a few days taking dexedrine, but that's not the case for everyone, I guess.
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> Best of luck!
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> Anyway--
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