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Posted by ambey006 on September 11, 2005, at 23:26:31
I am trying to get pregnant, and told that I will probably have to get off my meds (Prozac & Dexedrine). I have taken these meds for over 5 years and I am afraid of withdrawing? Any suggestions or experiences?
Posted by rjlockhart98 on September 12, 2005, at 19:36:23
In reply to I need to get off Dexedrine I'm scared!!! Help!, posted by ambey006 on September 11, 2005, at 23:26:31
The standard procedure to going off Dexedrine is tapering. But if you have sitaution that is urgent, you are going to have to adapt for a certain period of time.
What is dose of dexedrine you are on?
Posted by ambey006 on September 14, 2005, at 9:43:57
In reply to Re: I need to get off Dexedrine I'm scared!!! Help!, posted by rjlockhart98 on September 12, 2005, at 19:36:23
>I'm on 15mg of the spansule. I miss one day of it & I'm snowed all day-all I do is sleep.
Posted by Paulbwell on September 16, 2005, at 5:51:45
In reply to Re: I need to get off Dexedrine I'm scared!!! Help!, posted by ambey006 on September 14, 2005, at 9:43:57
> >I'm on 15mg of the spansule. I miss one day of it & I'm snowed all day-all I do is sleep.
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>I don't know how long you have been taking your 15mg Dexedrine for but....You can quit you 1, 15mg spansule Dexedrine and be OK, just be prepared to adjust to a few days, weeks? of tiredness, less motivation, untill your Dopamine Norepinephrine, neurons readjust. Coffee and patients, and accepting the adjustments will go a LONG way to adjusting without stims, been there done that. Hold on.
Cheers
Posted by alohashirt on September 16, 2005, at 20:52:27
In reply to Dexedrine, Amphetamines » ambey006, posted by Paulbwell on September 16, 2005, at 5:51:45
> > >I'm on 15mg of the spansule. I miss one day of it & I'm snowed all day-all I do is sleep.
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> I don't know how long you have been taking your 15mg Dexedrine for but....You can quit you 1, 15mg spansule Dexedrine and be OK, just be prepared to adjust to a few days, weeks? of tiredness, less motivation, untill your Dopamine Norepinephrine, neurons readjust. Coffee and patients, and accepting the adjustments will go a LONG way to adjusting without stims, been there done that. Hold on.
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I'd second the advice and also suggets chocolate to go with eth coffee. Chocolate can really be a poternt mood changer. Vigorous exercise can help too.
Posted by Sarah T. on September 17, 2005, at 19:13:56
In reply to Re: Dexedrine, Amphetamines, posted by alohashirt on September 16, 2005, at 20:52:27
> > > >I> > > I'd second the advice and also suggets chocolate to go with eth coffee. Chocolate can really be a poternt mood changer. Vigorous exercise can help too.>>
Lately, when I drink more than a sip or two of coffee, I get very tired. Before I developed tolerance to Dexedrine, it made me calm and focused. After the tolerance set in, I would get tired from that, too, especially if I took too much.
Posted by KaraS on September 17, 2005, at 21:30:44
In reply to Re: Dexedrine, Amphetamines » alohashirt, posted by Sarah T. on September 17, 2005, at 19:13:56
> > > > >I> > > I'd second the advice and also suggets chocolate to go with eth coffee. Chocolate can really be a poternt mood changer. Vigorous exercise can help too.>>
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> Lately, when I drink more than a sip or two of coffee, I get very tired. Before I developed tolerance to Dexedrine, it made me calm and focused. After the tolerance set in, I would get tired from that, too, especially if I took too much.
Sarah,I was wondering if you read rhappy's post here a little while ago on stimulant tolerance? I was thinking of you when I read it.
http://www.dr-bob.org/babble/20050901/msgs/551368.html
Also, I was wondering if you took the higher dosage of dexedrine for very long. Even though it made you more tired, that might change with time. When I first took 5 mg. of selegiline, it make me tired for a few days. Then one day it made me tired as usual but a few hours later I felt stimulation. Maybe the autoreceptors downregulate eventually (after initially being subjected to a larger dosage) and then you'd get the desired response later on. What do you think?
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Posted by Sarah T. on September 17, 2005, at 23:12:02
In reply to Re: Dexedrine, Amphetamines » Sarah T., posted by KaraS on September 17, 2005, at 21:30:44
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.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.
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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