Posted by BLPBart on March 21, 2002, at 22:58:30
In reply to Re: Dexedrine vs. Adderall pharmacology, posted by Bekka H. on March 21, 2002, at 0:45:54
I have a question for you all. I am taking wellbutrin sr 300 mg/day for depression. Had to go to it because on prozac I was a zombie and doing nothing but sleeping. When I switched to wellbutrin, the fatigue decreased somewhat but was still a problem for me. While I was in-between dr appointments, I was reading on here and started seeing references to some of the ADD pstims, did some research and determined that I might fall into the inattentive and definitely not hyperactive ADD. I discussed this with my doc who agreed that I met the diagnostic criteria for ADD. He put me on 10 mg/day dexedrine spansules and I hardly noticed anything. We went up to 30 mg/day and I still didn't really feel anything so he switched me to concerta. I didn't like it at all. It made me edgy and gave me that butterflies in the stomach feeling you get when you are getting ready to do something you really dread. I also have a habit of chowing down when I get nervous and I noticed I was doing that. I quit the concerta and tried 40 mg of the dexedrine spansules. At that dosage I don't get any kind of euphoric or high feeling. I just feel good. I am alert, have enough energy to do the things normal people do and have found that I have been able to concentrate more at work and particularly have been able to focus more on one thing at a time than before when I was trying to do 50 things at once. I guess at this point, I've read all this stuff about the stims wearing off and having to increase your dose. Based on the way I'm feeling now, I want to stay on this indefinitely. Is that possible? At some point does a doc say enough is enough?
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