Posted by waki on August 17, 2004, at 15:40:11
In reply to Psychostimulant Tolerance and Medications, posted by geno on August 17, 2004, at 15:02:27
I think i was in your same position. Your question is very unclear because you are asking for a stimulant and also a anxiety reducer. It appears your asking for a balance.
In my opinion you may want to start off with managing less. I then think you should change one thing at a time and set one priority at a time.
If you want to reduce anxiety and be stimulated at the same time to me it's an oxymoron. It's kind of like saying, I want to go fast but not to fast and a little slow.
Short term omit the amino acids, simply because as I said try to manage less and initiate less change.
The second thing is I would set one priority first. Either stimulation or anxiety. That klon "crap" darn near ruined me. No matter what amount I took it fatigued me for 2 days. With that being said here's what i did.
1) I did cut out my amino acids and take them now that everything has settled.I only wanted to take things my p-doc gave me, because after all he is the manager of my meds.
2) we then prioritized sleep next. More and better sleep equals better memory, more energy better concentration. 6) We tried ambien but it also made me tired for 24 hours. We then changed to a shorter half life med called Restoril / temazepam.
3) I wanted energy first, in which we got my energy "dialed in". I also changed my Lamictal to a PM dose because it had a slight sedating effect.
4) I then wanted less anxiety. We added that what I call "Klon crap". It reduced my anxiety alright, it sedated and fatigued me for two to three days everytime I took it. We stopped the klon.5) I placed anxiety as a low priority even though it is important to me, but I had to make a decision. I figured I want to solve all my "up" issues first.
6)I then wanted to work on pleasure, concentration so we tried Concerta, Strattera to now dexidrene. I heard concerta is a longer halflife of Ritlan and Dexidrene is a longer half life of adderal "I think". We are now on dexidrene trial.
7) After i get item 6 dialed in, then I'm going to hit this anxiety. To help, I work out, eliminated caffeen, sugar and alcohol. I take tranquil momentary time outs and relax. I make sure I am breathing 8 to 12 breaths per minute no more.
8) I have some xanax in my cabinet. He told me to try it because it has a shorter half life then klon. I have not yet because I am foscused to work on item 6 right now, not item 7.
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