Braaaaains again.

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On 20 mg of Adderall XR, 300 mg of Wellbutrin, and 10 mg of Lexapro, I feel kind of normal. The way I felt on a pretty good day when I was 18.

This means that I have to tweak the fuck out of my dopamine and serotonin mechanisms to get to anything like a reasonable baseline, which sucks. Especially since the new drug (Adderall XR) cost me $96 for one month's dosage, after the discount on my plan. My total monthly cost for prescription and OTC drugs for my various diagnoses is about $250 now. Add therapy and psychiatric visits and my outlay for medical costs is almost $1000 per month. Good thing I've managed to make decent money.

Because the cool part is that some of this stuff actually works, and I'm not covered with roaches gibbering in an alley, or being trepanned, or dead, or in jail.

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The stuff has improved a lot with the extended release version. I took it back then and it made me barf like crazy; now I have no side effects.

And yes, although I was quite the cigar smoker before I started, now I don't much need nicotine.

Dopamine is funny stuff.

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Yes, I've seen the ads since regarding time release. I'm sure it would help my low impulse control. I don't know... I hate having to take so many meds (I'm diabetic so four pills a day for that). I wish there was one cause to my problems, like ADD, and just one pill and all would be well. But no matter what the problem, there is some magical mix that is necessary.

Here's to your health!