does anybody have any experiences with dexedrine or similar amphetamines?

[Koharski]

[snip]

oh you silly drugs

 

[MmmSkyscraper]

In before zanejohnson!

 

[dug777]

zanejohnson has done everything, and everyone. He's a bit like Chuck Norris rly.

 

[Koharski]

haha, alright I will keep my eye out for him. I also forgot to add that if anyone else is on similar medications I would be happy to answer questions the might have. While I feel that this drug can be beneficial if used in the right situation it can easily become overkill.

 

[apac]

Uh, get a different doctor?

 

[apac]

Originally posted by: Koharski
haha, alright I will keep my eye out for him. I also forgot to add that if anyone else is on similar medications I would be happy to answer questions the might have. While I feel that this drug can be beneficial if used in the right situation it can easily become overkill.

Since you seem to have a genuine, serious problem, I'll let you in on the joke. ZJ is the last person you'll want to talk to about all of this. He is an attention grabbing, shenanigans spreading troll, and it's in your best interest to ignore everything he says, relevant or not.

 

[mjrpes3]

The system has fvcked you up. Contact Michael Moore or 60 minutes... you'd make great exposé material.

 

[kedlav]

I hope you've seen a couple other doctors for second opinions. That being said, while your condition sucks, well... they're doctors. They get degrees and training for this shit. We're a bunch of nerds. Follow your prescriptions, and if you have a problem, talk to the doctor, don't self-adjust doses and ask ATOT for advice.

 

[jjzelinski]

Originally posted by: Koharski
snipped for space

I spent my adolescence abusing these sort of drugs. I would hoard them then take large quantities at once. For whatever reason I was being accommodated with an ever increasing quantity at ever increasing intervals to the point that I was staying up for several days at a time. Even though it wasn't in the best of shape prior to my exposure to these drugs, it completely fell apart thereafter. Scrapped along what I consider to be rock bottom for several years before finally a proverbial switch flipped.

It wasn't spiritual, but the suddenness of the change in myself was abrupt and I still don't understand the nature of it. The only way i can describe it is as if my mind was lifted from a haze and I could finally think clearly. Prior to that point most of my life entailed feeling as if I wasn't really connected with the moment, never really in the hear and now; kind of like a dream one might experience during very light sleep. Lucid, perhaps? It's almost as if I finally gained an identity all of the sudden. Anyhow, from that point on I've felt like a completely different person.

At this point in my life it's hard to relate to how I experienced reality and generally conducted myself prior to the switch being flipped. The reason I've shared this with you is that I don't know how old you are but I gathered that you around 18 or so. If not, my apologies I'm now 29, married to a wonderful, intelligent, attractive woman, raising a what appears to be a gifted child, and am several years into a career that I truly enjoy. If you can at all relate to what I've described to you then I hope you find some hope in the possibility of your brain just finally sorting itself out.

For all I know, several different circumstances in my life serendipitously converged to allow me to break a very constraining mold I was trapped in for my entire life but there is still that possibility that all the detachment I grew up with was part of the unique manner in which I developed neurologically. It was different and therefore destructive, but I turned out ok You sound like an intelligent fellow, maybe it's time to have some faith in yourself and let nature take it's course. I sincerely wish you luck through your tribulations and discoveries.

 

[nanette1985]

I've been there. I highly recommend that the first thing you do is contact Narcotics Anonymous or some other group and talk to people who know what you're going through.

Best to you.

 

[Nitemare]

<Pee Wee Herman>Paging Mr Johnson

 

[JohnCU]

They have medications for amphetamine withdrawal like benzodiazpane (sp?) but that is also addictive.

 

[JohnCU]

And you assholes can cut out the zanejohnson jokes, this is an entirely different situation.

 

[duragezic]

Yeah wtf is with this ZJ crap? I don't really care about him either way but I don't talk shit about him constantly.

I have to go but I will read the OP later and edit with a reply.

 

[K1052]

get a second opinion from a good psychiatrist

 

[FoBoT]

go to rehab and stop taking all drugs until you can get control of your life

 

[scott916]

You're obviously a very intelligent person who is well aware of his actions, their effects on yourself and everyone around you. You really need to stop seeing this doctor. He never would have allowed you to get into such a dependent state in the first place if he actually knew what he was doing. Do whatever you can to see someone else, there are great and terrible professionals in every aspect of medicine. Rehab may be an option down the road, but at this point I think the best thing for you and your family would be to give at least one more physician a chance. There's a high probability that he may realize the mistakes of the previous doc and actually be able to point you in the right direction.

 

[BoomerD]

wow...the original post LOOKS like it was written by a speed-freak...

While some amphetamines do work for ADD/ADHD for some people, it's most unusual to prescribe dexadrine type amphetamines for it. You just need to make the conscious decision to quit and learn to deal with the effects of living straight. It won't be easy, (kicking a drug habit never is) but it can be done. There should be drug-treatment facilities in your area that can help/counsel you along the way, but when you get down to it, it's YOU that can make you quit...ONLY YOU have the control of whether you take the drug or not, and ONLY YOU can make the mental adjustment needed to live without it.

 

[conehead433]

Quit taking all that crap and get yourself some good pot.