Posted by gldngodess on August 4, 2001, at 18:08:26
In reply to Re: JohnLe-mail me,I am tired of vendictive remarksGEE » gldngodess, posted by Else on August 4, 2001, at 13:17:08
> I'm sorry, I didn't know you were narcoleptic (I guess you failed to mention that). I thought you were just a suburban junkie.
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> *There's this one song that come to mind when I think of you: "You're so deranged, don't need a shrink but an exorcist" ("Born of Frustration", by James)*
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Narcolepsy, ADHD & GHB
Posted by Scott P. on April 21, 2000 at 00:12:57:
In Reply to: Re: Narcolepsy, ADHD & Mis-Diagnosis posted by Merrill on April 14, 2000 at 09:55:55:It's a damn shame GHB was outlawed. Up until about 1990, GHB could be legally bought over the counter in health food stores. Instead of using Ritalin, Dexedrine and other amphetamines to artificially keep someone awake, GHB does what no other sleeping medication can do, not Ambien, Halcion, Remeron, Sonata, or any other currently available sleeping medication can do: It puts a person into the deep restorative stage 4 sleep that so many narcoleptics and ADHD sufferers are not getting, therefore they stay awake naturally the next day.
But the problem with GHB is that it works TOO good. It knocks a person out so hard they cannot be woken up until the drug is eliminated from the body, therefore it has become the "Mickey" of choice among party-goers. By itself, GHB, when properly prepared by a licensed pharmaceutical company using high purity ingredients and tight controls, is no more toxic than any other sleeping medication, but mixing GHB with alcohol is very dangerous, because just like mixing alcohol with Valium, a person is sedated so deep they forget to breathe and therefore suffocate to death. It was because of these poisonings and numerous date rapes that GHB was outlawed.
Now that GHB is outlawed, people are making GHB clones in basement or kitchen labs, using industrial solvents, which often have additives and impurities in them which are toxic. Also, there is no quality control in a homebrew lab, therefore the chemicals can be improperly reacted, leaving behind excess precursor chemicals. On top of that, there is no dosage information nor contraindications available with any illegal street drugs, therefore many people overdose and die from drinking homebrew toxic GHB clones.
So what could have been a potentially beneficial treatment for narcolepsy and ADHD is now so badly demonized by the popular media that it was recently placed right up there on the DEA list of Schedule I drugs alongside heroin and cocaine, never mind the fact that GHB is still legal in Europe and has been studied over there for many years to treat narcolepsy and ADHD.
One glimmer of hope is a company called Orphan Pharmaceuticals that realizes the benefits of GHB on narcolepsy sufferers and is doing tests to once again get GHB approved by the FDA. More info at
http://www.lycaeum.org/drugs/GHB/xyrem.html
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