Posted by velaguff on August 7, 2002, at 12:47:29
In reply to I'm getting really desperate, posted by gabbi on August 6, 2002, at 20:13:49
I've tried Serenity. It's quite sedating, I'm quite sure it is psychoactive. That's not what I need, but I don't regret having tried it. I didn't waste all THAT much money. As far as natural supplements go, I think that the law as it now stands allows firms to sell anything that's found in nature, plant, animal, human, whatever, unless specifically prohibited. When this legislation was passed a few years (6-7?) ago, those against predicted that millions of people would be harmed. Mostly, that hasn't happened. Consider, you can't get steriods OTC, or by prescription either (at least in my state) unless you suffer from some kind of wasting disease. Jocks are no longer allowed to pay a visit to "Dr. Muscle". They now sell, OTC, what are essentially "designer steroids" that are naturally occuring compounds (as opposed to synthetic testosterone) and thus are legal. The best of these work practically as well as real steroids. I haven't heard a thing about them harming anybody. There are so many natural compounds, and potential combinations of natural compounds, that I think it's possible that something worthwhile may eventually be produced for sale. The sanctioned, FDA-approved, pharmacutical approach has as its "greatest accomplishment" SSRI's, which I feel are highly over-rated and over-marketed, though they may work for some. I say we keep our options open.
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