Posted by utopizen on March 11, 2004, at 23:09:59
Okay,
I've been on Ritalin, Adderall, Dexedrine, Dexedrine Spanules (a joke!) and have been on Desoxyn for a year now.
I thought they were helpful at first, and perhaps they were (all but Desoxyn were being used along with antidepressants for my social anxiety).
Now I feel I've gotten depressed, and have trouble eating three meals a day let alone waking up to go to class or doing my assignments at all. I've got two incompletes that went to F's that I haven't finished yet and am hoping both professors agree to "correct" the grade once I submit them my long overdue final papers.
I've never done a paper in my three years at college outside of an all-nighter-- I've gotten into the habit of forcing myself to feel like my brain is being stretched to its limit just to get it to complete something to the end.
I get sleepy if I try to read or write a paper in the day, and tricking my circadian rythms into believing it has energy is the only thing that has let me stay in college.
My sleep doc said Straterra+Provigil is synergistic for his patients, and I'd like to try it-- but I'm afraid of it not working on top of making me dead tired while I wait it out for a couple of months.
If I'm so concerned about the risk of feeling tired, should I try to stomach this risk by taking 40mg at bedtime for a week and then 80mg the second like many do?
The idea there is that my body will get adjusted more rapidly... so if I do get sleepy at 40 or 80mg, it'll force my body to adjust rapidly to the side effects.
I'm afraid if I try miniscule dose increases I'll just feel sleepy for a longer period AND take longer to notice any potential response. If I start next week, I should be able to get a good 2 weeks in before my next exam, and if I get and stay sleepy by then I suppose I could simply discontinue it a few days prior and the effect should go away?
I just figure if I try like 18mg increases every week all that will do is spread out the time I have side effects while taking more time before I can notice any benefit.
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