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Reviewer: gonenorth, 55-64 Female on Treatment for 5 to less than 10 years (Patient)
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Excellent experience. I experimented with dosage and found a very low dose once in the morning kept me from eating disorders and sleep loss. For me 5mg a morning made a life altering change for the better. However due to high blood pressure and heart they took me off six months ago. Now I'm 50 pounds overweight still have high blood pressure and am contantly depressed and definately living a p
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Reviewer: ADDICT, 25-34 Male on Treatment for 10 years or more (Patient)
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to all parents be careful with drugs like these because i finally got out of their grip I abused this drug and others just like it for the past 10 years with no help from my doctor because i met with him for 5 minutes once every 6 months or so not knowing the dangers til i was 17 and by that time i had been addicted for 3 years no one told me they could kill me just that they were helping me so i
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Reviewer: Ang, 45-54 Female on Treatment for 5 to less than 10 years (Patient)
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I have taken this medication for years for the treatment of ADHD and find it keeps my symptoms well under control. Symptoms such as inattentiveness, poor short term memory, inability to follow through with simple tasks.
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Reviewer: Dinerdeentn@aol.com, 55-64 Female on Treatment for 5 to less than 10 years (Patient)
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After fighting depression for 38 years, I was diagnosed with ADHD, put on a lot of diffent meds. Dextrostat-- Dexedrine along with an antidepression med, changed my life.. However I have heart problems and the Dr's are wanting to take me off the amphetamines, but, I wont have the mental quality of life I have had in the past 5-6 years and I do not want to go back into depression.. Between a h
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