Swim was originally prescribed ritalin, used at up to 100 mgs for a year. Subsequent year was dropped down to a more sensible dosage of 40-60 mg per day. After hearing that dexedrine was a far superior therapeutic stimulant swim changed over to it.
Swim found dexedrine to be very subtle yet rather potent on the first day. However felt that it lingered in the body far longer than ritalin and there was a greater level of physical exhaustion and toll taken at 30 mg... than there was at 50 mg of ritalin per day. The first day there was good euphoria and functionality. However as the days would go by Swim would feel apathetic, dull, numb, and more critically far more physically exhausted than he was on ritalin routine. Swims experience contradicts everyone elses it seems, dexedrine tends to make me feel zombified after a couple days or so. The higher the dose goes the more numb i feel. Swim must note he is not looking for euphoria but merely therapeutic benefit.
Is this unusual for someone to experience greater benefits with a stimulant that is supposedly less potent at a far lesser dose (50 mg)?
Is tolerance more of an issue with amphetamines whereas with ritalin the therapeutic benefits tend to remain indefinately?
Swim is just very confused as to why this favoured stimulant is not working for him. Is this issue more common than he thinks. Simply a matter of individual brain chemistry...?
Swim found dexedrine to be very subtle yet rather potent on the first day. However felt that it lingered in the body far longer than ritalin and there was a greater level of physical exhaustion and toll taken at 30 mg... than there was at 50 mg of ritalin per day. The first day there was good euphoria and functionality. However as the days would go by Swim would feel apathetic, dull, numb, and more critically far more physically exhausted than he was on ritalin routine. Swims experience contradicts everyone elses it seems, dexedrine tends to make me feel zombified after a couple days or so. The higher the dose goes the more numb i feel. Swim must note he is not looking for euphoria but merely therapeutic benefit.
Is this unusual for someone to experience greater benefits with a stimulant that is supposedly less potent at a far lesser dose (50 mg)?
Is tolerance more of an issue with amphetamines whereas with ritalin the therapeutic benefits tend to remain indefinately?
Swim is just very confused as to why this favoured stimulant is not working for him. Is this issue more common than he thinks. Simply a matter of individual brain chemistry...?
