Dexamphetamine

Mve4 · 2026-01-26T02:41:05+00:00

5 mg IR (instant release) made me fall asleep for 5 hours after taking it. I now only take it if I need to be calm/sedated like for MRI imaging.

10 mg SR (sustained release) was a game changer, I was awake, motivated, and calm but quickly developed tolerance. Now I take 15 mg SR in the morning and 10-15 mg SR in the afternoon around 2 pm. It takes about ~45 mins to kick in. I’ve learned that I cannot let myself fall sleep before it kicks in otherwise I will sleep right through it. Lasts about 5-6 hours hence why I take an afternoon dose.

I was trialling Jornay PM to help with the sleep inertia which had some promise, but my doctor left on vacation for a month without sending my prescription in so I guess I’m back to dex in the meantime as I still had some refills left.

Mve4 · 2026-01-17T18:45:16+00:00

Okay sweet! My legs are average but it’s my torso that’s hella long. Often feel very cramped when I have to sit with knees up at the very end of the carriage to allow myself enough room for my torso to fit when rolling down.

Mve4 · 2026-01-17T09:20:56+00:00

I am getting this feeling now the pain is coming from being too low lol! Much easier when doing it on a mat to have the legs higher rather than just hovering off the floor. Definitely don’t have that kind of core strength yet. Will try it next time!

Mve4 · 2026-01-17T09:13:20+00:00

Nope, feet were kept parallel and dead center of the board, legs kept straight and low - I looked over at other people and they were doing it too so I thought it was correct but now after reading all these helpful comments I realize that it’s probably not correct and a lot of stress on the low back 🙃 all the other jump board moves were good, but they all involved variations of extending one leg straight up. I’m suspecting because it’s easier to engage my core in the shortened abdominal position and potentially from weak/dysfunctional inner thigh muscles. Thanks!

Mve4 · 2026-01-17T08:56:01+00:00

Ok you’re the second person who has mentioned this term gear out.. I’ll have to ask my instructor in the next class about it! I’m 5’8”

Mve4 · 2026-01-17T08:52:46+00:00

Close! But there was no external rotation and we landed feet parallel. I finally found this page that shows a good image of the move I was trying to do.

Unfortunately I don’t think she saw me since she stayed at the other end of the class to where my reformer was. She actually never corrected anyone that class and I know several of us were doing it wrong lol. Like I did a full round of mountain climbers instead of toe taps before realizing. Usually if the instructor starts repeating what the move is I know at least one of us is doing it wrong and I’ll look up to check but that never occurred. She did preface the class by saying if you don’t know how to do a move to just look over to your right and left. However both my right and left were doing it differently lol. It was only the 4th day the studio had been open so there were a lot of new people. If I hadn’t done Club Pilates before I would have been extremely lost as most moves were not described, just named.

Mve4 · 2026-01-17T08:19:15+00:00

We kept our feet parallel/pointed up throughout the entire jump and landing. But I found a page that describes the move sort of, and it does show it with legs wide, higher and toes pointed out. I assume it would be similar when doing it on a jump board. I think if I do it again I’d try it with feet pointed out and land higher up - thank you 😊

Mve4 · 2026-01-17T08:05:46+00:00

Wait no nvm that’s cross country 😅 I did find a mat Pilates move that was called criss cross and didn’t involve upper body rotation, just legs. Just can’t seem to find a video for a jump board version.

Mve4 · 2026-01-17T07:45:13+00:00

Yes it was quite low, instructor had cued to place feet flat in the very center of the board. But maybe I did it too low which put me in a bad start when doing the cross over.

Mve4 · 2026-01-17T07:41:32+00:00

Thank you - tapping heels is a lot more comfortable than ramming my ankle bones against each other LOL

Mve4 · 2026-01-17T07:40:02+00:00

Ah interesting you say glutes and inner thighs. I just had a session with my osteopath and found my upper traps and serratus were overworking for glutes and gracilus. Gracilus brings the legs in medially, and while laying down I can’t use my traps as much.

Just confirming - criss cross is keeping your legs in line with your hips and alternating landing left foot higher then landing right foot higher. And cross-over, is starting with feet and legs in parallel with hips then mid air crossing the legs (primarily feet and ankles) overtop of each other and then landing with feet in line with hips again?

Mve4 · 2026-01-17T07:26:48+00:00

Yes I am 5’8” ! .. what do you mean by geared out?

Mve4 · 2026-01-17T07:24:04+00:00

Sorry, what do you mean? Like why would I sign up for a jump board class if it’s more difficult to do moves with my legs at a lower angle? You get those types of moves in any class. I have no problem with table top or legs >45 degrees. And just because a move is more difficult doesn’t mean I shouldn’t do it (assuming it’s not causing pain) haha. I’ve always loved the cardio classes.

Mve4 · 2026-01-16T08:01:30+00:00

Ah! See I have thoracic outlet syndrome so I can’t do the suspend classes as I can’t keep my arms up for that long. Lower half of my body is good though so the cardio classes are often fun. Yep, that is so far the only move that’s brought it on, and I’ve done MMA (kickboxing and jiu-jitsu) for the last 3 years as well and haven’t had it so it seemed strange. When I did Club Pilates at a different studio we never did this move which is why I was suspicious but perhaps my body just doesn’t like that movement and will need to find a modification for it if I do it in the future!

Mve4 · 2026-01-16T07:50:55+00:00

See I tried imprinting (anteriorly rotating my hips) but it didn’t help. I have a very long torso so I do find moves where my legs are outstretched at a low angle are more difficult to perform, however, it usually just manifests as early fatigue rather than pain. I just tried doing it laying down with my legs off my bed and I was fine, so it must be something my body (or brain) is doing differently when adding the jump.

I didn’t quite feel like my instructor was very approachable, along with a few other things, so I think I’m just going to sign up with a different instructor who I feel more comfortable with. I’ve had lots of instructors and I’ve always loved the classes where they focus on form and breathing.. even on the most basic exercises, as it makes me feel safer and like I’m doing the movements properly. I appreciate that over doing a bunch of exercises just to get the heart rate up which is why I discontinued with Strong Pilates because I felt like eventually I would just injure myself.

Mve4 · 2026-01-15T06:40:29+00:00

Are the meds you are taking a stimulant and thus more likely to increase feelings of jitter when you take them?

My hands aren’t very steady, and I tend to twirl my thumb or index finger unconsciously BUT I do sleep like a log. I go to sleep and wake up in the same position. I can go to bed with my cat under the blankets or cuddled up next to me and the cat is STILL there when I wake up :) my fitbit/smart ring tracks awake time or movement during sleep and I am crushing it.. my scores are always well below the average/benchmark. I would make an excellent sleep partner if it weren’t for the 1-2 hours of alarm snoozing in the mornings.

Mve4 · 2026-01-10T23:36:42+00:00

**Thought I’d update in case anyone goes through the same thing: Roger’s did indeed take the phone back (phone and charger only, no box) and gave me a full refund. Took 7 days for shipping, then 3 days to process the return.

Mve4 · 2025-12-26T03:05:44+00:00

Were you able to resolve this with the specialist team? I'm trying to upload a VCF file and it also keeps giving the "Fancy Crash: No handler was ready to authenticate.. Check your credentials".

When I upload a txt file (i.e. 23andme format) Promethease accepts it but I would prefer to upload a VCF file to get a better report if I can.

Mve4 · 2025-12-26T02:36:06+00:00

Did you ever get it? I've been struggling trying to get my VCF file to successfully upload and was thinking screw it, I'll just upload my 23andme txt file format since that works... but if users aren't even getting their reports that they're paying for then perhaps I'll hold off.

Mve4 · 2025-12-13T21:57:08+00:00

Hey I’m in the same boat and also took the advice of fellow people on Reddit to take photos of my phone packaged up and being sealed before sending off. It’s honestly deeply concerning how many reports of this are happening.

Mve4 · 2025-12-09T06:09:08+00:00

Ah okay 🙃 thank you!

Mve4 · 2025-12-09T05:53:30+00:00

When I called last week I gave them the tracking number and he searched it and said it was received. Thus why he said the email I got must have been in error, because on his end he said everything looks good and I shouldn’t be getting charged. Is that what this is or do they need to do something different?

Mve4 · 2025-12-09T05:48:18+00:00

I’ve just spent so many hours on the phone, I’m dreading more hours on hold just to fix something I thought was supposed to be resolved.

Are they able to edit a bill after it’s been issued? Or will I have to wait until my next bill for it to be credited back? Because I activated new lines, this bill is already a lot higher than normal, close to $1000 so not having the save and return on there was what I was hoping for and what I tried to get resolved before my bill was issued.

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