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Dextroamphetamine Treatment Report

Category: Prescription Drugs

Most Popular Types: Dexedrine, Dexedrine Spansule, Dextroamphetamine CR (Show all)

Generic Name: Dextroamphetamine

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4 patient evaluations for Dextroamphetamine

TheTrishgu

Sex: F

Data Quality: 1 star

Bipolar Disorder

Depression: 3

Mania: 1

Emotional: 3

Anxiety: 3

Compulsion: 2

External Stress: Severe

Rx

31 F

Function: Low

Distress: Moderate
by TheTrishgu
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**Purpose:** Fatigue *(Started Jul 15, 2011)*
Date	Dosage	Perceived effectiveness	Side Effects	Adherence	Burden
Oct 14, 2012		Moderate	Mild	Usually	A little
Apr 22, 2012	45 mg Daily	Slight	Mild	Sometimes	Somewhat

0 helpful marks

MiniRoo/VVV

Sex: M

Data Quality: 0 stars

Major Depressive Disorder

Depression: 3

Mania: 0

Emotional: 2

Anxiety: 4

Compulsion: 3

External Stress: Moderate

Rx Therapy

22 M

Function: Low

Distress: Moderate
by MiniRoo/VVV
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**Purposes:** Major Depressive Disorder, Depressed mood, and Social anxiety *(Started Dec 07, 2009)*
Date	Dosage	Major Depressive Disorder Perceived effectiveness	Depressed mood Perceived effectiveness	Social anxiety Perceived effectiveness	Side Effects	Adherence	Burden
Apr 23, 2010	30 mg Daily
Mar 27, 2010	30 mg Daily

Date: Mar 27, 2010
Advice & Tips: tolerance must be prevented, of course.......5-40+ mg/day of Memantine, along with 2-7 day breaks every once in a while, works quite well to prevent tolerance to the antidepressant/antianxiety effects.
Cost: < $25 monthly

1 helpful mark

a-non-mouse

Sex: M

Data Quality: 2 stars

MS: 12 yrs

Type: Secondary Progressive

Sensation: Mild

Overall: Mild

Cognition: mild

Vision: none

Speech: none

Swallowing: none

Upper limb: moderate

Walking: moderate
by a-non-mouse
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**Purpose:** Fatigue *(Started Mar 29, 2010)*
Date	Dosage	Perceived effectiveness	Side Effects	Adherence	Burden
Apr 01, 2010	10 mg Daily	Moderate	Moderate	Sometimes	A little

Date: Apr 01, 2010
Advice & Tips: Ended up having trouble sleeping, hyper-vigilant.

0 helpful marks

Sekhmet

Sex: F

Data Quality: 1 star

Pain: Most

Fatigue: Most

Sleep: All

Stiffness: All

function: Little

external_stress: Little

Stickman: all
Description:F39y
CFS:6y Dx
FM:6y Dx
by Sekhmet
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**Purpose:** Fatigue *(Started Oct 01, 2009)*
Date	Dosage	Perceived effectiveness	Side Effects	Adherence	Burden
Oct 30, 2009	10 mg Daily	Slight	Mild	Usually	Not at all

0 helpful marks

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