Posted by utopizen on October 16, 2002, at 10:55:17
In reply to Sounds like ADD, posted by paulk on October 15, 2002, at 19:04:12
> Also would like to know what doses of D-amphedamine folks with ADD are taking. For me it seems that too low of a dose makes me feel worse instead of better.
>I stopped Desoxyn yesterday. I tried 10mg at once, and it gave me terrible adbominal pain. Ritalin very benign abdominal pain by comparison. It also didn't change the way I thought AT ALL. It just seemed to make my heart speed up and that was it. 10mg is a decent amount, so I gave up.
I've got Dexedrine, but I stopped that too. A little effect on my brain- I write longer- that seems it- and lots of hypertension. I don't feel like taking a beta-blocker, since Dex doesn't do anything for my head anyway- no more motivation than usual, focus usual, etc.
Ritalin seems to work fine, although it's annoying to feel abdominal pain or stomach pain or whatever it is even after taking it with food. Adderall's fine on an empty stomach, keeps me feeling motivated, wakes me, up, etc. In fact, Adderall's the only thing that fights fatigue for me-- Desoxyn doesn't, although it does taking longer to get my breathing and pulse slow enough to sleep.
Adderall's great, little anxiety, but I appear to be battling that better with Anxiety. Ritalin gives me OCD- how the heck am I suppose to fight off dorky urges to ask questions in class I wouldn't ussually care about?
Anyway, so I wish Desoxyn actually made me think differently, or Dexedrine did... unfortunately neither worked, although it did appear to calm me down.
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