Desoxyn

[2manysmiles]

Has anyone had any luck with Desoxyn? My doctor put me on it and it doesn't seem to do any good. I have tried Ritalin and Adderall in the past. I am also on 4.5 ml twice a night of Xyrem. Nothing seems to help me anymore..
I stay extremely depressed because I just can't seem to get things in order anymore. My house is a total mess and all I can do is look at it and get more depressed.. I have become a loner and don't attempt to do anything or go anywhere except to work and back every day.

[SleepySasha]

Desoxyn was the second narcolepsy med I tried. Well, at the time I was diagnosed with idiopathic hypersomnia, but now narcolepsy. I started out on Ritalin but my Neuro/sleep MD changed me to Desoxyn because within a year & 2 drug holidays later, he was still having to increase the dose too often. It has been about 7 1/2 yrs ago that I was on it so I don't remember the dosage, I stayed on it just under a year I believe. It was a hassle to get filled because the pharmacy had to special order it & they didn't "approve" of the dose I was on.... too much in their eyes! Desoxyn is not my treatment of choice. I didn't like the way it made me feel. I couldn't handle physical activity very well & you could FORGET about me climbing a flight of stairs or I'd just about pass out. Desoxyn is methamphetamine & I personally can't believe people choose to make this stuff at home & get it in their bodies how ever it is they do that particular drug. Wicked stuff. I prefer Dexedrine MUCH more so than Desoxyn. In my book, only thing worse than Desoxyn is Adderall! That made me confused. JUST crazy enough that I realized I was confused. It was like my brain & my body weren't connect or on speaking terms. I'd look for my tennis shoes in the fridge, I'd find my hairbrush in the living room..... & I was CONSTANTLY loosing things! I know that's not the med you were asking about, but I thought I'd stick that in there! LOL.....

Hope you find this helpful! If you'd like more info, just email me or IM me...

Sasha

[TiredMan]

Desoxyn is what has enabled me to maintain full-time employment in a career that I love. My doctor first had me try Provigil, which did not increase my wakefulness. I went a year without anything until getting the chance to try the former med. While it has been very beneficial for me, there are a couple of meds with which my doctor, over time, has complimented it. One is propranolol, a beta-blocker which helps regulate my heartbeat. The other is ritilin, which counteracts environmental noise sensitivity, a side effect of Desoxyn for me.

Availability of this medication was difficult in the beginning. After a while, though, a local pharmacy got in the habit of ordering it for me. I could even call them before bringing in a prescription, and if they didn't have any in stock would go ahead and place an order from their distributor. I have found maintaining a calm demeanor and exercising good manners usually means everything in developing this kind of trust. For the past 2 years I've been fortunate to obtain 3-month supplies of this med through a prescription drug plan at work. But, when the generic form I had been switched to was suddenly recalled, and therefore unavailable, that local pharmacy, whose help I again needed, still had enough tablets for a month's supply and was very kind in informing me so. Coincidentally, that supply they had was a month away from it's expiration date.

By the way, when I was notified of the above-mentioned recall, after having mailed-in a prescription, I reminded the drug service that they had switched me from Desoxyn to the generic. I then requested to be switched back to the former. I was informed I would have to get a new prescription specifically listing this brand name med. Needless to say, in that instance my ability to maintain a calm demeanor, etc., was sorely tested, lol.