Posted by DiscoPuppy on July 17, 2002, at 21:47:27
In reply to Re: PSYCHIATRIST DOESN'T LIKE DEXEDRINE - DiscoPuppy, posted by Xevious on July 17, 2002, at 21:33:42
Omigod, your doctor must be a twin brother (or sister) of mine. Only difference is that he did NOT write me up a script of Dexedrine. I've been helped greatly with Adderall; he's seen my papers containing history of my progress through months of counseling. I just can't stand that I'm still so damn irritable, frustrated and anxiety stricken all the time, which is why I asked him if I can go back to the Dexedrine that my old doctor prescribed me.
In any event, I suppose the benefits of having my ADHD treated with Adderall greatly outweighs the negative symptoms of my ADHD and my inability to get my doctor to prescribe me Dexedrine.
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> Hmmm... I just got back from a rather horrible appointment with my supposedly enlightened doc. Brought up dextroamphetamine for the second time, and he responded quite negatively - my intuition suggests that it was a moral judgement - and insisted that Adderall works better for *all* adults with ADD. I stood my ground and politely pointed out that I couldn't tolerate methylphenidate AT ALL, and the side effects from the Adderall were similar in the first few hours, and that perhaps the pure dextroamphetamine would work as well as Adderall, minus the perepheral nervous system stimulation.
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> Well, he grumbled something about never having heard that in his five years of treating ADHD, scribbled out a script for generic dextroamphetamine and left the consulting room in a huff, completely neglecting to write a renewal prescription for my hypertension medication.
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> Needless to say, I am currently shopping for a new physician... :(
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