Posted by utopizen on September 6, 2003, at 22:09:29
In reply to Re: Adderall; Urgent Question Pertaining to ADDHi,, posted by utopizen on September 6, 2003, at 20:03:56
Your doctors were right to let you know amphetamines are addictive. That's why they're schedule-II drugs.
They're a few bizarre categories in which a Schedule III should be a Schedule IV
(Xyrem is a Schedule IV by the WHO and other Int'l bodies, but our paranoid country places it as Schedule III) and then there's cases where a Schedule IV really has no abuse potential
(Provigil, for instance-- the stuff really doesn't even work for me for therapeutic purposes, it's difficult to imagine someone abusing them for recreational purposes, it takes hours to kick in if it ever does)
Amphetamines are very addictive, and should not be increased in their dose unless your physician indicates that. There are objective studies, including the benzedrine-meprobamate-pentobarbital abuse potential test, that have measured amphetamines as a highly abusable drug with re-inforcing characteristics.
Your Adderall dose isn't working because your anesthetic is overwhelming your body right now, and that justs needs to be slept off. If it is still a problem after a week, I'd call your doctor back and you can see your options. Patients with abuse histories tend not to be prescribed amphetamines, so you may want to tell your doctor your history of abusing stimulants and ask about non-stimulant treatments like Provigil or Wellbutrin.
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