View Full Version : Adios Dexedrine or Of Cortisol And Loathing


D.B. Cooper
11-27-06, 03:09 PM
Dexedrines been the best psychiatric med i've ever tried but unfortunately i have to say goodbye to it. Apparently my psyche is a little to delicate to take it right now. An old panic disorder is rearing its ugly head along with some non-ritualized OCD that i suppose has been lurking in my psyche waiting for some chemical to poke it with a stick and run away. So i've been reduced to a hypchondriac that can make sense of studies...a very bad combination...very bad.

What is the problem exactly? Well...i think its the cortisol that d-amp causes to be released. I never had a problem while on the meds but hours later after i had allready rebounded i'd get hints of panic and ocd, this built up over time untill i was in full on FREAKING THE HELL OUT mode.

In most people with anxiety/ocd/panic and even depression you see higher than normal cortisol levels so chances are i have less than healthy levels to begin with. I was really just asking for something bad to happen by taking an amphetamine and i got it.

Sionara Dexedrine!

Matt S.
11-28-06, 11:03 AM
I had the OCD stuff with Adderall much worse than dexedrine but the Mallinckrodt brand made me OCD-ish and I also had to learn the lesson about the fast thinking when I first went back on Dexedrine I was thinking the same just slower and it was like OCD

D.B. Cooper
11-28-06, 01:19 PM
I may be able to keep up with the dexedrine if i can get some benzos to use as needed. That probably wont go over will with the good doctor.

Bugs-n-Bunnys
11-28-06, 04:37 PM
Just ask - my Doctor has me on both. He has me on Xanax as needed. I take them at my own discreation, and I just started desoxyn taking as prescriped.

Matt S.
11-29-06, 11:46 AM
I unfortunately had the 'pleasure' of being midiagnosed as anxiety disorder of some sort and was on Klonipin in conjunction with Xanax and well had the urge... PRN meant all day for me

Bugs-n-Bunnys
11-29-06, 12:50 PM
I'm sorry but I don't understand.

D.B. Cooper
11-29-06, 02:45 PM
He means he was getting a little liberal with his benzo dosing schedule.