Posted by BekkaH on July 18, 2002, at 1:34:55
In reply to MY NEW PSYCHIATRIST DOESN'T LIKE DEXEDRINE. . ., posted by DiscoPuppy on July 15, 2002, at 16:10:07
Hi again. Tell your un-enlightened pdoc to imagine that Dexedrine has just been repackaged, renamed and newly marketed as either "DexADDal" or "ADDedrine." Now he won't be so afraid to prescribe it.
You might also remind him that, unlike most of the ineffective, wimpogenic drugs that are being marketed (like all those SSRI Prozac wanna-be's), Dexedrine is "tried and true." It has been around for at least 50 or 60 years (correct me if I'm wrong). Dexedrine is a known quantity. We know what's good about it, and we know what's bad about it. Now contrast that with SSRI's, which have been on the market for only 10-12 years or so. Every few weeks, we learn of new adverse reactions from SSRIs, some of which might be permanent (movement disorders, for example). The "addiction" potential of Dexedrine is probably not any worse than than tolerance and poop-out that occur on nearly every other antidepressant. And, as far as "withdrawal" from Dex is concerned, it's probably not any worse than the "discontinuation syndromes" caused by WITHDRAWAL from more benign-SOUNDING drugs like Effexor and Paxil.
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