Posted by Nance on June 17, 2001, at 1:13:36
In reply to Re: Stimulants-Sal, posted by Thrud on June 16, 2001, at 7:46:43
Hi Thrud,
I've been trying Dexedrine (Spansule) to combat extreme lethargy and sexual dysfunction. I'm currently tapering off it because it had an extreme paradoxical effect on me. Every time I increased the dose, I seemed to be more slowed down - by the time I got to 30mg daily I felt like I was welded to the couch. On the up side, I wasn't jiggling my foot anymore! It also dropped me even deeper into the Black Hole of depression - enough so that my therapist called my home after I left my appointment last week with a request to call her machine in the evening saying I was OK. It didn't help with the sexual dysfunction either, but that may have been due to the deepening depression and concurrent lack of interest.
I'm now back to feeling pretty much like I did before trying it - I have one 10mg cap to take tomorrow, and then I'm done. I opted to taper rather than stop abruptly to avoid any risk of withdrawal-induced depression.
I'm sure this is just some weird thing with me - after taking Fiorinal-C a few times several years ago for migraine, it started to have an agitating, stimulant effect, rather than a sedating effect. I must have really odd biochemistry! I haven't tried methylphenidate or Pemoline, so can't comment on them.
As far as I know, this is not a usual reaction to Dexedrine, and I'm sure your mileage will vary, but I just thought I'd let you know what happened with me.
Nance
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