Posted by brender on August 22, 2003, at 16:55:17
In reply to Re: equivalent doses of adderall and dexedrine, posted by Ame Sans Vie on August 22, 2003, at 16:14:18
> Adderall, Dexedrine and Desoxyn are all equivalent regarding dose, for the majority of people.
Thanks! I guess this spaciness I feel is because it's way too high then. 25mg adderall was too much for me. For some reason my doctor seems to tend to overshoot--start high and move down--or else I'm just very med sensitive. So now my question is--to you or anyone who knows--can I experiment with lesser amounts by dumping some out of the capsule? The bottle says "swallow whole; don't crush..etc." I know there is some mechanism behind the time release part that is different in different drugs. I'm sure that I couldn't do it exactly, but if I dumped out approximately one third, would I have a good chance of getting a similar effect to 10mg, or would the time release part be too much of a variable? (This is the generic dextroamphetamine ER, btw.) I have three months before I see my doctor again and one month before I can get a refill, so I'd like to have a good idea whether less would work. Although I'll try to give it a few more days at this dose--not getting much done.
> Oh, and Adderall isn't a combination of >amphetamine and Ritalin. It's a combination of >four amphetamine salts ...
Thanks for clearing up my sloppy understanding. I don't know where I got that other impression--except I think my doctor may have actually been the source. I seem to recall he said that he thought the ritalin-like part of the drug was causing the crash. But I may have misunderstood.
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