Posted by SLS on August 4, 2012, at 3:45:47
In reply to Re: Scott: Really bipolar? Or What?, posted by jane d on August 4, 2012, at 0:41:07
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> > And stop worrying about caffeine. Look it it up: there are no interactions between coffee and any of tthe drugs you are taking. And, no Caffeine doesn't really 'add' up with the Adderall to make you more kamikaze. The two drugs stimulate very ddifferentt regions of the brain, so really what you get is awake in a coupleof differentt ways.
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> Which adds up. Sorry but my experience with stimulants (including adderall) and caffeine was like Sheila's. I found that I had to adjust my caffeine consumption which, I will grant you, was pretty high. Those standard interaction tables you find all over the web describe only one kind of interaction.
It never ceases to amaze me the variability in the spectrum of reactions that occur among different people to the same drugs. For me, a moderate dosage of caffeine acts more like a depressant than a stimulant. Higher dosages put me to sleep. Also, the let-down that occurs as the caffeine disappears from my system leaves me feeling worse the whole next day. For me, the brief increases in mental energy and cognitive function that caffeine can bring me when taken in small amounts are not worth the deleterious effects that follow. Interestingly, I get more of a stimulating effect from low dosages of caffeine than I do with any dosage of amphetamine (Dexedrine or Adderal).
- ScottSome see things as they are and ask why.
I dream of things that never were and ask why not.- George Bernard Shaw
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