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Originally Posted by still_crazy
hi. amphetamines are...tricksy. people can adjust to them. sometimes...and im not saying this to scare you, it just..it is what it is, basically...sometimes, some people are prone to amphetamine psychosis, agitation, anxiety, crashes into depression, mood instability, etc.
it was once thought that psychosis from legally prescribed stimulants was rare...but it seems that its actually surprisingly common.
sorry about this. does it help lift your mood, at all? the tics...are they low level TD or pre-existing? i had ocd-related stuff that got better on amphetamines...and then when the doctor raised the dose, the ocd (complete with tics) got worse, and stayed that way for the duration of treatment. :-(
i dont have a solid answer, obviously. sedatives were once popular with amphetamines for this very reason. back then, it was barbiturates, now and then Equanil, sometimes low dose sedating antipsychotics. these days, I think low(er) potency benzodiazepines are sometimes used for the same purpose. personally...i found librium helped amphetamine stuff more than klonopin...but that's not the best long term solution, and it can make mood instability and amphetamine psychosis worse, not better, over the long haul.
just please be cautious. :-)
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Thank you so much for replying still_crazy. I am also taking 100mg of Seroquel at night. 1mg of Klonolpin at night and .5 of Klonolpin in the morning. The other morning my heart was beating so fast I took another .5 of klonolpin. I have just taken my morning dose and my heart is very jumpy. Has, my mood improved? Not especially. Anxiety is pretty constant.
My tics were pre-existing, for years and when I get anxious they to get worse. Maybe it's the festive season that has increased their frequency but a visit to the dentist when I just went on Vyvanse made me very shaky and then at night the spasms were horrid so I needed to double the amount of Klonolpin. I don't want to blame the vyvanse for tics but I do remain open minded.
I did not know that psychosis was part of the deal for some. I have never had a psychotic episode. Wonder what that would look like? Hope I never find out. I do have episodes of dissociation at times. That can be scary (for me and others) and out of control.
My next apt with my p'doc is not until the 16th of Jan. Might ask him about this. I really appreciate your input still_crazy. Thankyou.