Posted by Dr. Bob on September 21, 2003, at 19:49:22
In reply to Re: Dexedrine is AMAZING! (but I am skeptical), posted by Kacy on September 21, 2003, at 17:14:19
> Zarathrusta, I think you still have to fight to change long-standing habits when you get chemical help for add. Do you read any of the books, try any of the advice, go to any of the add websites? I can recommend some. What are the "things you do and the things you don't do" that cause you the most regret and frustration? Are you add/inattentive or hyperactive?
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> I would start the doses as you leave for work if you are waking up right before you go. In other words, I would take it at the beginning of your waking day. I don't think the dose level you are taking is addicting.
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> This sounds great: "Enthusiastic, goal oriented, optimistic, and sociable." If the drug did those things for me, I'd stay on it forever. I got some of that once on Ritalin, but it was at 4 x a day of the highest dose and three times a day is the maximum my doctor he can prescribe. I don't get much or any response at lower level. I want to try dexadrine. Initially, I turned it down because of its name. I've used Ritalin and Adderal and, now, Strattera.
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> Reading other people on the sites helps me. Below is a post I got somewhere—might even have been here. I saved it because it was so funny and inspiring.
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> "First, YOU ARE NOT WHAT YOU DO. We are more than how we pay the bills. We are more than arbitrary designations that categorize us- degrees, awards, whatever. We are more than what they say we are.
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> "You're talking to the woman who owes my library almost $500 in overdue fines, crashed my new car into a LARGE street sign shortly after I bought it, because I "forgot" to use the emergency brake. I leave my purse on top my car, and drive off, and then have to order all new credit cards. Recently, not only did I forget to lock my front door before leaving to go to the store I ACTUALLY FORGOT TO CLOSE THE DOOR in subzero weather. When I apply for a loan, they actually laugh. I've manage to P*** off nearly everyone who comes in close contact with me on a regular basis, and, well, I yell. In the ten years since I graduated HS, and have been in school I STILL don't have a degree (actually, I hope I get to go back to school, because last semester I just didn't turn in two 40 page term papers- I just couldn't do 'em) I guess if it came down to it, I could say that I'm incompetent, too.
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> "BUT, I know that despite my vagaries, I still can do stuff no one else can- I can figure stuff out, entertain my friends, make my daughter laugh so hard milk comes out of her nose, and make my husband know that he's LOVED. I take care of my mama. I'm nice to old people, animals, and little kids. I read lots, and know more than they could ever possibly quantify."
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