Posted by CareBear04 on January 12, 2005, at 3:06:35
In reply to Re: HI DEX, posted by dexedrineilov on December 29, 2004, at 17:28:39
oh my... that's a lot of dex! and your dr told you to turn to the street? hmm... from other peoples' posts, i was under the impression that prescriptions for stuff like amphetamine, even wellbutrin, were hard to come by in the UK.
i'm sorry for your situation. i sort of am there myself. there has always been the question of whether or not i have ADD-- since i was little, people wondered "inattentive or too attentive, more than we can tell." since i was always high-achieving, i made it without medication until college. in this past year, without a clear answer to ADD or not, the drs started stimulant-type drugs and worked their way up to stronger and stronger ones. i don't blame their decision, really. it wasn't so much a question of ADD; it was more, "ok, this girl looks really tired and can't focus, and this probably shouldn't be the case." so in the fall, i started adderall and switched to adderall Xr, which has been great in terms of concentration and alertness, but it contributed to significant weight loss to the point that my prescribing dr took a lot of sh** from drs in the hospital for giving amphetamine to an anorexic. i've never been under suspicion for eating disorders or body image issues, so this is really a new phenomenon. so the consensus is mostly that this dr shouldn't have prescribed adderall... but the damage is done. i can't function without it, and even though we've started to halfheartedly taper, i've had to increase the dose back, and it really scares me to think about going off adderall altogether.
you mentioned switching to another drug like ritalin. if that works for you, is that a long-term solution? if adderall works for me, and if we can counteract the appetite-suppressing effect with other drugs, is there any clear reason to discontinue? for both you and me, it seems like the initial prescribing rationale might be questionable, but now that the drs have us hooked... should we be punished for it? it is punishment to make us go off of stimulants or is it just good medicine?would appreciate your insight.
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