Anyone here prescribed Dexamphetamine?

[kaiba]

What dose are you guys prescribed?

What's the maximum dose?

I'm on 45 mg a day.

 

[laugh]

that sounds like a reasonably high dose? are you getting at anything, like are you worried/concerned about your dose or anything, or just interested in chatting about dex? what have you been diagnosed with to warrant the prescription, may i ask?

i had a mate who was prescribed dex 5mgs and he told me he was suppose to take one or two no more than thrice a day...he only really took them before work though the lazy prick haha

i wish i had a dex script! i was apparently prescribed ritalin when i was in primary school cause they thought i had some attitude problems or something adhd or add...my mums a nurse and she flipped out, my father told the docs to piss off and said they should not be so quick to dish out speed to children. he cashed in one script and ate them all himself apparently haha.

the amount of kids that were diagnosed with adhd or add was ridicules...there are childrens doctors and psychologists that should be ashamed of themselves!

 

[kaiba]

that sounds like a reasonably high dose? are you getting at anything, like are you worried/concerned about your dose or anything, or just interested in chatting about dex? what have you been diagnosed with to warrant the prescription, may i ask?

i had a mate who was prescribed dex 5mgs and he told me he was suppose to take one or two no more than thrice a day...he only really took them before work though the lazy prick haha

i wish i had a dex script! i was apparently prescribed ritalin when i was in primary school cause they thought i had some attitude problems or something adhd or add...my mums a nurse and she flipped out, my father told the docs to piss off and said they should not be so quick to dish out speed to children. he cashed in one script and ate them all himself apparently haha.

the amount of kids that were diagnosed with adhd or add was ridicules...there are childrens doctors and psychologists that should be ashamed of themselves!

I know other people in the city who are also on 45 mg. There's also this chick who's on 2.5 mg twice a day.

I'm just curious what other people's doses are.

I've been diagnosed with ADHD.

 

[laugh]

Yeh 45 sounds like a pretty big dose to me. Are you getting 5mg pills? How have you been advised to dose? 2 pills, 10mg 3 times daily with food?

Do you think the dex is helping in any way, if so how and in what ways? What were the circumstances of you being diagnosed / prescribed dex? Are you in school mucking up in class etc...

Sorry for 21 questions but I'm interested.

 

[kaiba]

Yeh 45 sounds like a pretty big dose to me. Are you getting 5mg pills? How have you been advised to dose? 2 pills, 10mg 3 times daily with food?

Do you think the dex is helping in any way, if so how and in what ways? What were the circumstances of you being diagnosed / prescribed dex? Are you in school mucking up in class etc...

Sorry for 21 questions but I'm interested.

Yes, 5 mg pills.

15 mg 3 times a day. Morning, lunch and afternoon (around 3/4 pm). After food.

Mainly due to poor concentration. I kind of had attitude/impulse problems in primary/high school. Dex has helped my concentration.

 

[mister]

Im prescribed 5mg x 3 per day, I usually take 1 or 2 a day depending and take weekends off. Its a great help and funny enough Ive only "abused" it a handful of times, when I say abused Ive taken 6 on a Saturday night whilst drinking with friends maybe 3 or 4 times over the last few years.

I have found that it does lose its effectiveness over time hence my regime of 1 or 2 a day with breaks in between. This way, for me at least, it does what it was prescribed for.

At first it was novel and Id go mad but that didnt last long and over time I realised if I treated it like a recreational drug I wouldnt get the benefits day to day.

If you suffer from ADHD it does help. Take breaks and dont over do it or abuse it and it does work

 

[GrailKing]

I'm Rxd 30 mg dex per day.
I don't use it everyday, I have a similar routine as mister.
I would use it more during the day but it heats my core too much, so I dose minimally.
Good luck

 

[Sheffdog]

I was prescribed dexies a few months ago as I have narcolepsy. I was told to take 5mg tds (three times a day). I was recently changed to modafinil as I was still falling asleep all day. Modaf is by far superior to dexies. U can stay awake for days with no real side effects, it is not physically addictive (when I have days off i just give into the need for day naps and have a break cos I don't crave it) and your attention and short term memory are bang on. I take 400mg daily. 200 in the morning and 200 at lunch. You can't take it too late or you'll be buzzing all night (why do u think I'm posting this at 1.30 am haha my bad)
Maybe I'm immune to dexies cos of my illness but they were like tic tacs for me and I could have had a sleep an hour after taking 10mg. Modaf is fantastic for me but it is very tightly controlled as it is so open to abuse (doctors in UK prescribing it to each other to stay awake for 7 days during night to day shifts and Oxford students buying them online from India to study for days on end and because it is termed 'the smart pill' as memory recall and attention span are so heightened. I know in Australia u have to be diagnosed with narc from a sleep specialist with Medicare permission from Canberra just to get it. Still, it's changed my life and my work mates are jealous I'm so awake and ready for a big day at work at 6am! Sorry this was so long. If u guys have any questions regarding dexies or Modaf feel free to pm me as I'm somewhat an expert with these Meds!
Peace

 

[somegirl]

I am on 50 mg a day. Started at 30mg daily 6 or 7 years ago. increased gradually due to increased working day duration and tolerance. i used to be good and take the prescribed amount only, but I have no self control with use now, I don,t even bother counting how many I take anymore, when i run out I just stay in bed until I am allowed to pick up the script, or use the not so legal alternative if money permits.

Is everyone else able to stick to the prescribed dose?

 

[WarChild]

Yeah 45mg is a lot. All at once that is actually a recreational dose, and the effect is not far off speed!! Just beware, my good friend, on 50mg, has turned into a hermit who lives in his little flat, has lost most of his teeth (i think the dex was part of that), he doesn't eat cause he has no appetite from it and he is freakishly thin. He looks like a junkie. Just remember to take care of yourself!!

 

[Azron]

I'm not on Dex and dont have ADHD/ADD but DExies definatly increase my concentration span...

 

[rm2x]

When I was prescribed dexamphetamine it was 5mg three times daily, I was also prescribed ritalin by the same doctor and he would cycle them, so some days I would have two dexies and a ritalin, other days I would have 2 ritalins and a dexie.

I didn't use them daily though, only when I needed them, and I was taking 10 to 15 on the days I needed to use them, I was honest with my doctor and told him what I was doing and he was actually fine with that as I was able to function properly and hold down my job on the higher doses.
I was mainly using them when I had to do extremely boring tasks at my work at the time, was working in an IT department of a high school. Made the day go a lot faster
I found the ritalin was good if I was feeling a bit depressed, but I tended to overheat more from them than I did the dex.

My doctor said it was pretty common for his patients to use the medication in the fashion I was.

I don't recommend doing using the medication in the fashion I did though.

 

[raincoats]

Yeah, was prescribed 3 a day for about a year, but it simply wasn't effective so I went up to about 6 a day without informing my psych, didn't want to look like a drug seeker. The pharmacist gave me the maddest dirty looks when she filled my script every 20 days, to the day, haha. But I've never really abused them; at worst, taken 2 before a night of drinking to help stay awake. Haven't wanted to take any more than 2 at a time. Never just opened the pill bottle and sipped at it like a coffee.

Got a script here for 6/day, though I have to wait until Saturday to fill it. Completely out right now. So it's another 2 days of being pretty useless and unmotivated for me, yay.

 

[Sheffdog]

How long do you think it would take to start craving dexies? I was on 15-20mg per day for about a month and never really craved it. So it's interesting to hear people increasing dose and hanging out for a script. What are the symptoms if you don't have any? I have an extremely addictive personality so was very surprised I had no trouble stopping them. In fact I have a huge stash of them in my room from my previous prescription but have no desire to take them at all. Although the weight loss would be nice

 

[raincoats]

I don't get actual withdrawls, when I'm not on them I just want to be functional really.

 

[Caged1]

I am on 50 mg a day. Started at 30mg daily 6 or 7 years ago. increased gradually due to increased working day duration and tolerance. i used to be good and take the prescribed amount only, but I have no self control with use now, I don,t even bother counting how many I take anymore, when i run out I just stay in bed until I am allowed to pick up the script, or use the not so legal alternative if money permits.

Is everyone else able to stick to the prescribed dose?

Hey,

Ive been on 30mg a day for 8 years now. I would be on more if Qld didnt have such strict Dex laws.
For the first 6 years I used them as prescribed. I was diagnosed with Adult ADHD, but I was never really convinced of that, but at the same time I was so desperate to kick my Ice habit and I
needed something (less severe) to fall back on. I think this stems back to my 15 years of heroin use, and relying on methadone to kick the opiate habit.
So the first 8 years were great. The dex allowed me to completely change my lifestyle, start a career, rebuild my family and I never lapsed back into using for that entire time.
I actually convinced myself that I was no longer an addict. That Dex didnt count as a drug considering the drug habits I had kicked in the last 25 years, I believed I was 'fixed'.

The last 3 years have been a slow occuring nightmare that just seemed to gain more and more momentum as I lost control. To this day I still have no idea why I suddenly started
to abuse my scripts. The only thing that stands out is doing 2 years of night shifts, and changing my dosing times to suit my shifts. There was no major drama, loss, or event that stands out.

Im on weekly pick ups and once I have them I keep dosing until they are gone (usually 2 days) and Then I cant function for the remainder of the week until I pick up again.. Repeat..Over and over..

Obviously this is not a normal way of life. I have 2 kids and a husband who has reached the end of his patience levels (non user). The last year I have taken them with me on my downslide thru hell.
I reached out to a new psychiatrist, was totally honest and asked for help. Story cut short, He was a money hungry prick who made me come in every fortnight ($160 per visit) which put more strain
on my family and our finances and for 5 months worth of visits, I got nothing from him in the way of help.
Now Im going back to my G.P to get scripts, much cheaper, but still on the merry-go-round.

So cut to now, present time.. my family waits and hopes that i will be able to get my shit together and get off the Dex, or at least go back to using them properly, daily as prescribed.
My husband even got me scripts of Modafinal, but they did shit for me and were also really expensive. im actually really pissed off with myself. the shit Ive walked away from, the drugs
that were 20 times harder to kick, I kicked by myself each time (I dont believe in rehabs). And now Dex shit has me fucked up beyond understanding.

I got some speed a few times, but very quickly realised that it was no replacement for the Dex and hardly took away the craving. luckily, I have no desire to score anymore , as I am
mentally aware that its just a waste of money I cant throw away. But no in control enough to use my script correctly, and still more than willing to suffer for 5 days and enjoy 2.

I dont even know why the fuck Im posting this. As per usual, everyone is asleep, and Ill be up all night either writing or doing sweet fuck all until the morning.

What I know for sure: I love my family, but lack the ability to try harder to kick. Everyday I see the level of pain I cause them because I cannot function as a mother or partner
or in the workforce for most of the week. I think i have already lost my man, he just isnt the kind to kick me when Im down, so he wont leave..At this point. Hes tired, I can see that.
I have no more justifications, excuses, ideas or optimism for him. Just gonna have to walk this path until theres no path or choice left. Im actually calm and at ease with this option.
I can see how out of whack my priorities are, but i cant take hold of the reins. Its like im outside of myself, watching myself go downhill and yet have no desire to stop myself.

My idea of a perfect solution for this problem would be to have the right to dose myself everyday without restriction, yet not to the point where I cant sleep or eat.
Most times, I dont feel like taking extra tabs, but I need to know I have them there, like a security blanket. I dont wanna use them recreationally all the time, but since Ive been
put back to weekly pick ups, and am being watched by the docs for chemist hopping, I just pop them till they are gone.

Yeah its bullshit.. of all drugs, dexies hahahha. Friends from years back would have a massive laugh at this.. Glad that I dont have to face that humiliation ha!
Anyways, this site was a epic find. it helps at times like this , where I can just type out how I feel. I wish we had something like this 20 years ago, Im sure alot of people
would agree.
This is by no means a cry for help . so please, no have you tried this? or have you seen that? advice. Im not trying to be difficult or ungrateful, but i can honestly
assure everyone I have tried pretty much everything.
Maybe someone contemplating getting on Dexies will read this and reconsider the idea. Who knows.
Thanks for the opportunity to pour some of this out.
Cheers and safe using to all

 

[Christ!]

How long do you think it would take to start craving dexies? I was on 15-20mg per day for about a month and never really craved it. So it's interesting to hear people increasing dose and hanging out for a script. What are the symptoms if you don't have any? I have an extremely addictive personality so was very surprised I had no trouble stopping them. In fact I have a huge stash of them in my room from my previous prescription but have no desire to take them at all. Although the weight loss would be nice

Not sure if craving them is necessarily part of it but if you take a stimulant regularly for a substantial period of time, when you stop it suddenly most people will get negative effects - anything from slight to extreme depending on dosage.

This is just a guess... but for me, taking a high dose of 30mg/day, everyday for a few months - this would produce some discontinuation effects if I suddenly stopped. Fatigue is the main effect from doing this, it can be bad enough where some people can't function properly (as peeps here have mentioned) if you can't function properly I can imagine depressed feelings, anxiety coming into it.

If you take more than you're prescribed it could turn into a nasty cycle.

 

[Christ!]

Hey,

Ive been on 30mg a day for 8 years now. I would be on more if Qld didnt have such strict Dex laws.
For the first 6 years I used them as prescribed. I was diagnosed with Adult ADHD, but I was never really convinced of that, but at the same time I was so desperate to kick my Ice habit and I
needed something (less severe) to fall back on. I think this stems back to my 15 years of heroin use, and relying on methadone to kick the opiate habit.
So the first 8 years were great. The dex allowed me to completely change my lifestyle, start a career, rebuild my family and I never lapsed back into using for that entire time.
I actually convinced myself that I was no longer an addict. That Dex didnt count as a drug considering the drug habits I had kicked in the last 25 years, I believed I was 'fixed'.

Good post. Sounds like a nightmare.

I know you didn't want this but - What you need to do is switch from weekly to daily pickups. I know you won't like that but it's the only way you're going to break the cycle. Organize a very slow taper after stabilizing on your daily dose. It'll be relatively painless compared to the up and down you're going through atm. You've probably forgotten what it's like to be properly off the dexies (as in several months after stopping when the withdrawal has ended)

Doesn't sound like you've got the power to try that atm though.

 

[stealthtrucker]

I was under the impression that 40mg is as high as can be legally prescribed? (In QLD anyway) Is that true?

 

[Azron]

I was told today by my doc. that a psychiatrist must prescibe the initial dose (VIC) first then my gp may furthur prescribe for me. Is this true, or is it an excuse my gp made to say no to me. Im always honest with her (gp) so dont see why she would bullshit to me.