Posted by Cindylou on February 16, 2003, at 14:39:01
In reply to Re: dexedrine spansules vs. adderall » Cindylou, posted by zenclear on February 15, 2003, at 17:29:34
Hi,
My doctor was just using an analogy of how my reaction to stimulants is how a hypoglycemic person reacts to sugar, or going without meals for awhile. Since I do have low blood sugar, this made sense to me -- the feeling when I crash out on the stims is very similar to a low-blood sugar feeling -- sleepy, unfocused, dizzy, even nauseated.He said that, just like the best thing for a hypoglycemic person is eating many small meals a day, I could try many small doses of a stim a day (like 2.5 mg. Dex every few hours.)
The thing that doesn't ring true here is that if a hypoglycemic person had many small meals of SUGAR a day, that person would be as sick as a dog. I'm hoping my pdoc was looking at stimulants as needed "nutrition" for my body rather than as sugar.
Your experience with Dex sounds like my experience with all stimulants up to this point, so I'm not really hopeful that this new routine will help. I just started the regimen of Dex yesterday. So far, so good. I will keep you posted.
I don't know if I answered your question or not ... hope this helps some!
cindy
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> This is interesting, what your doc said about metabolizing fast, and chashing out? Can you say a little more about this? Do you mean, you metrablize very quickly?
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> I've never heard of this explantion, but I experience the same problem.
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> A small about makes me feel good for about an hour, and then it's lights out. More doses can often make me almost comatose with the need for sleep. These days, dex almost acts as a tranqulizer, and higher doses do not help.
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