Posted by Xevious on July 17, 2002, at 21:33:42
In reply to PSYCHIATRIST DOESN'T LIKE DEXEDRINE - DiscoPuppy, posted by BekkaH on July 17, 2002, at 8:47:27
Hmmm... I just got back from a rather horrible appointment with my supposedly enlightened doc. Brought up dextroamphetamine for the second time, and he responded quite negatively - my intuition suggests that it was a moral judgement - and insisted that Adderall works better for *all* adults with ADD. I stood my ground and politely pointed out that I couldn't tolerate methylphenidate AT ALL, and the side effects from the Adderall were similar in the first few hours, and that perhaps the pure dextroamphetamine would work as well as Adderall, minus the perepheral nervous system stimulation.Well, he grumbled something about never having heard that in his five years of treating ADHD, scribbled out a script for generic dextroamphetamine and left the consulting room in a huff, completely neglecting to write a renewal prescription for my hypertension medication.
Needless to say, I am currently shopping for a new physician... :(
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