Posted by utopizen on July 28, 2003, at 20:00:50
In reply to Re: Any Strattera pros out there?, posted by SLS on July 28, 2003, at 14:27:38
Or Adderall? I have social anxiety, but it cancels out when I take Dex or Adderall. I noticed it seemed kinda "cool" to be on the Adderall along with Klonopin, and heard others mention this synergy, but maybe it was because I was taking it as needed then. Now I take Klonopin 1mg 3x/day, and Dexedrine spansules 10mg 2-3 times a day. I'd use more if my doc wasn't so hesitant to give me Provigil samples. She wants to wait for my sleep study (MSLT) results to come back and all, which translates another two weeks of feeling tired all the time or reliant on my amps.As someone with ADD, I really do get excited with trying a new stim and then bored with it after a few months. I got excited with Ritalin (therapeutically!) then realized it made me feel like a dork, switched to Adderall, which still made me more anxious, but not dorky, then to Dexedrine for a month, then to Desoxyn, which after a few months made me depressed at the end of the day (why didn't this happen when I initially began on it??) so now I'm on Dexedrine spansules. I'd prefer the flexibility of Dexedrine Immediate Release, but I'm too afraid it would also cause me to be depressed in the evening to bother right now.
I really really really can't wait until I get my hands on some Provigil samples, so I don't take the stims just to offset my fatigue (I sleep 9 hours at night). I hate how psychiatrists who won't let you try more than one thing at a time. They'll never know if anything's synergistic that way. My dermatologist just gave me 3 topicals, including two that have antibiotics in them, and a new antibiotic (time-release, once/day Doxycline called Doxyx).
Clinical trials prove antibiotics and topical retinoids act more effectively when combined than either one alone.
Besides, can't they just sympathasize that you don't want to feel sleepy for yet another two weeks of your pathetic life??? What's wrong with this approach, it's Provigil, yet she's readily giving me Dexedrine spansules. I hate doctors.
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