Med update: Dexedrine
Mar. 5th, 2006 11:06 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
beandelphikiOh, yes, and med update:
Apparently, our insurance only covers medication listed under the Alberta Health And Wellness Drug Benefits Plan.
So I looked that up on the internets. It's a massive 364-page document (what, they needed a page for every day of the year? sheesh), and even better, the page numbers are numbered by section, so you can't jump to the correct page in Adobe Reader.
So I scrolled, and on two pages from the "Central Nervous System" section, I found the ADD meds covered:
Ritalin. And Dexedrine. That's it. *sigh*
Since the exception form I got from Dad asks you to list "other treatment methods tried," Dr. H figures we should give Dex a shot before applying for an exception. That makes sense, since they then can't deny the exception on the grounds that we haven't tried all the covered options.
So I now have half a prescription for Dexedrine tablets. The pharmacy miscounted and only gave us half the number of pills, but they realized their mistake when Mom called, so she'll pick up the other half later.
They're funny! Little triangles, and they look more significant than the EXTREMELY tiny Ritalin tablets.
I took my first 5mg last night (figuring that if it kept me up, I could sleep in today), and it was just odd when it kicked in. It was like being buzzed on caffeine, but without any physical effects like shaking or a speeding pulse. I had that sense for a while that the world was dragging behind me, and the view seemed to take a second to catch up with my eyes when I turned my head. But I was steady! So weird.
This afternoon I took the second one (okay, I need to get a regular dosing system going, I know, but my schedule is SO erratic, eh), but I don't know if the same thing happened because I fell asleep and pretty much napped for the first three hours I had it in my system. Eh, kind of a waste.
I DID however, drink a Monster energy drink a few hours ago, figuring the Dex would be out of my system.
I'm super jittery right now, something that normally wouldn't happen with only one Monster. WHOOPS. I don't know if it's the Monster plus the Dex (which seems odd, because I had a Monster and THEN Dex yesterday, and this didn't happen) or the Monster, the Dex, and the tea....oh, and the fact that I haven't eaten since two...
OH. Crap. I haven't eaten. That must be why I'm a jittery wreck.
Won't do that again, this is physically uncomfortable.
Anyway. This seems to be very similar to Ritalin, in that the only real effect I'm noticing is that the narcoleptic-like sleepiness I normally struggle with is banished. But that's it.
I don't know, I don't think this will work. *sigh* I was hopeful, since I've heard people say that amphetamines are better for inattentives than methylphenidate. I'll give it some time, though.
Is not feeling like crashing all the time enough justification to take this stuff? I might as well go back to Ritalin for that, since it's less habit-forming than Dex.
Blah. I'm starting to get sick of this game already. Just give me a brain that works, plz.
Apparently, our insurance only covers medication listed under the Alberta Health And Wellness Drug Benefits Plan.
So I looked that up on the internets. It's a massive 364-page document (what, they needed a page for every day of the year? sheesh), and even better, the page numbers are numbered by section, so you can't jump to the correct page in Adobe Reader.
So I scrolled, and on two pages from the "Central Nervous System" section, I found the ADD meds covered:
Ritalin. And Dexedrine. That's it. *sigh*
Since the exception form I got from Dad asks you to list "other treatment methods tried," Dr. H figures we should give Dex a shot before applying for an exception. That makes sense, since they then can't deny the exception on the grounds that we haven't tried all the covered options.
So I now have half a prescription for Dexedrine tablets. The pharmacy miscounted and only gave us half the number of pills, but they realized their mistake when Mom called, so she'll pick up the other half later.
They're funny! Little triangles, and they look more significant than the EXTREMELY tiny Ritalin tablets.
I took my first 5mg last night (figuring that if it kept me up, I could sleep in today), and it was just odd when it kicked in. It was like being buzzed on caffeine, but without any physical effects like shaking or a speeding pulse. I had that sense for a while that the world was dragging behind me, and the view seemed to take a second to catch up with my eyes when I turned my head. But I was steady! So weird.
This afternoon I took the second one (okay, I need to get a regular dosing system going, I know, but my schedule is SO erratic, eh), but I don't know if the same thing happened because I fell asleep and pretty much napped for the first three hours I had it in my system. Eh, kind of a waste.
I DID however, drink a Monster energy drink a few hours ago, figuring the Dex would be out of my system.
I'm super jittery right now, something that normally wouldn't happen with only one Monster. WHOOPS. I don't know if it's the Monster plus the Dex (which seems odd, because I had a Monster and THEN Dex yesterday, and this didn't happen) or the Monster, the Dex, and the tea....oh, and the fact that I haven't eaten since two...
OH. Crap. I haven't eaten. That must be why I'm a jittery wreck.
Won't do that again, this is physically uncomfortable.
Anyway. This seems to be very similar to Ritalin, in that the only real effect I'm noticing is that the narcoleptic-like sleepiness I normally struggle with is banished. But that's it.
I don't know, I don't think this will work. *sigh* I was hopeful, since I've heard people say that amphetamines are better for inattentives than methylphenidate. I'll give it some time, though.
Is not feeling like crashing all the time enough justification to take this stuff? I might as well go back to Ritalin for that, since it's less habit-forming than Dex.
Blah. I'm starting to get sick of this game already. Just give me a brain that works, plz.
