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Hello, I have joined this group to get some advice and information, because I feel like I am stuck.
Recently, I began taking my dexedrine medication again at 15 mg, although today I have stopped it because I am afraid it is going to harm me. For the past 4 days of taking dexedrine, I have had severe chest tightness & pain. As I had researched, this could be signs of heart related problems and should be told by your doctor immediately. As I told him over the phone about my problem, he told me to stop it and then come back to see him when I come back to California (as I am currently home out of state w/my family). So, since I have stopped, I am experiencing depression, and zero motivation, and just want to feel normal. I don't know what to do. Previously before starting my medication again, I was taking dexedrine for a period of 4 months at 30 mg a day, then stopped for 6 months. The first few months of taking dexedrine, I was better than ever, had no side affects except for a headache here and there. Once my family and friends became aware of what I was taking, they began to tell me how the medicine could be bad, and addictive, and easily abused. So, I asked myself, am I abusing it? The stress level in my body was at its highest, and I began experiencing terrible anxiety attacks, as I began thinking more about the medicine and researching more about it, too. This was all occurring around the 3rd month of being on the medicine. As I was working around 80 hour weeks--with undergraduate art school, babysitting, and homework--I began to think maybe I was overworking myself. I am so temping to going back on the medicine, but I don't want this to harm me in any way. Would staying off the medicine and switching to say an Adderall help? Did the doctor over medicate me or mis-diagnose me? These are all questions I have, and I don't know if I have any motivation to figure it out on my own...I feel like my parents would be worried if they knew about the side affects of the medicine, but I love how the medicine makes me feel when I am on it. Its like i've never been more stable in my life, when the drugs are in my body. When they go away, its bad....And, I begin to wonder, am I going to be on this drug forever? And if not, what then? Please feel free to give me any advice. Thank you. Posted on 06/30/09, 01:06 pm |
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This is what I know about dexedrine. My pdoc started me on a very, very low dose and titrated it up wards very, very slowly. I still take only 2.5mgs per dose. That's all I need. Perhaps you are on too high a dose. I suggest you start small and work your way up. My pdoc said he "didn't want to do violence to my system" His words. Check with your pdoc. 
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