Posted by Ritch on September 12, 2002, at 10:32:51
In reply to Re: Dexedrine and spansule caps (for utopizen too) » Ritch, posted by IsoM on September 12, 2002, at 1:02:26
> Mitch, don't get the spansule caps. The way the time release works is half the dose is released immediately & then the other half 4 or 5 hours (I forget which) later. It's to make it easier to do one pill for 2 doses. It doesn't give the sustained smooth release you might think.
Hi IsoM,Thanks for responding. I'm aware of how the spansules do their release business-that's why I mentioned making a "Concerta-like" tablet would be helpful. But, in my case I think a 5mg spansule midday(or early afternoon) might be perfect. When I tried IR Dexedrine a few months ago, a 2.5mg dose (half a tab) was "just right"-5mg gave me some mild chest pain. It definitely had an anxiolytic effect. I would sit down (and sit still) and listen to music, read, etc.-I wasn't puttering about aimlessly like I normally do. I was stopping at stop lights and waiting for them to turn green *all* the time (I've got a tendency on out of the way lights to stop and look both ways for traffic and drive on through it-then DUH realize it wasn't a stop sign). The trouble with the half-tab of IR, was that it wore off *rapidly* (4 hrs later), the crash was so bad I could'nt keep my eyes together (exotropia). I don't like the idea of carrying around a half-tab and making sure to take it about an hour before the first half-tab goes away, etc.etc. I work in the evenings and I am not tired in the mornings. It is mid-afternoon through mid-evening when I can't stay AWAKE (about a six-eight hour period). And drinking stout coffee doesn't even seem to help. Wellbutrin, Adderall, Focalin, desipramine work, but they make me nervous. Dexedrine was the only one that didn't make me nervous. Dexedrine didn't help me focus as well as the others however, but I don't care as long as I can stay AWAKE during this time period. I got some mild hypomania from Focalin-Wellbutrin-desipramine, none from Dex., it makes me quiet. I know that Adderall is half-dex, and when I took it I felt calmed the first 2-4or5 hrs, then later in the day I felt buzzy and restless.
Mitch
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