Posted by cindylou on January 16, 2002, at 19:33:42
In reply to Re: Drug holidays from stimulants, posted by Hattree on January 16, 2002, at 17:57:28
Hattree --
THANK YOU! I am going to print out your tips and keep them handy :)I am wondering if perhaps Sudafed might help me on my HEAVY fatigue days, instead of an actual presctiption stimulant ... I am SO sensitive to those things.
I have tried Adderall, Ritilin, and Provigil, and had to take very low doses of all of them. (2.5 mg. Adderall, and 1/4 of the usual Provigil and Ritilin doses). They all worked GREAT for a few days until I crashed.
I sleep pretty well at night ... sometimes I have trouble falling asleep after taking the Lamictal, but once I'm out, I'm out. I've been taking Klonapin to help fall asleep, but find I am so zombie-ish in the morning (and sometimes all day) after taking Klonapin at night that it's not really worth it.
Thanks again!
cindy> Cindy,
>
> I crash on stims fairly quickly too, but they help so much when they help that I keep working at it.
>
> My strategies:
> -take the smallest dose you can benefit from
> -time it so you don't have to take more than one in a day--that lets out Ritalin unless you take it late. I find that one pill has to get most of the way out of my system before I take another.
>
> -I have several different stimulants and I vary them, both because that helps to slow the poop-out (which I don't find to be a good description in this case, but for lack of a better word...), and because sometimes if I just take a short-acting one one day, the next I'll do better on a longer-acting one. If your pdoc cooperates, try different ones.
>
> -definitely take days off when possible
>
> -sudafed helps because its a mild stimulant.
>
> I spend a ridiculous amount of thought on speed management.
>
> BTW, what have you taken and how do you sleep?
>
>
>
> > Hattree --
> > I'm curious about the Sudafed helping out the first day after a stimulant crash (is that what you're saying?) I would do anything to be able to tolerate a stimulant without crashing on it. They help me so much, but only for 2 or 3 days, then i crash SO HARD I feel totally miserable. (I've tried Adderall, Ritilin, Provigil.)
> >
> > I wonder, would Sudafed help THAT kind of crash?
> >
> > thanks, cindy
> >
> > > One day helps, more days help more.
> > >
> > > Taking another med for a day or two sometimes helps me, even the decongestant sudafed can make the first day easier.
> > >
> > > > I am looking for input regarding taking a drug "holiday" from a stimulant to help combat tolerance.
> > > >
> > > > Do people have success with this approach? Also, how long a holiday must one take to experience some benefit? Is one day enough?
> > > >
> > > > Thanks in advance,
> > > >
> > > > Alex
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