Posted by utopizen on September 16, 2003, at 17:23:29
In reply to Re: I need the truth about Dexedrine. (long post) » zarathustra, posted by Eddie Sylvano on September 16, 2003, at 16:19:31
Wait a second, Dexedrine doesn't work on me, I lack some social skills, I'm smarter than most of the kids in my top-tier college classes, and um, I still am properly treated and doing well.
Dexedrine isn't the only drug, or predictor of other drug efficaxy, for an individual.
Asperger's isn't treatable with drugs. Even if he has Asperger's, that doesn't rule out potential treatment for ADHD.
I suggest a comprehensive neuropsychological evaluation, it will help any future doctor with your treatment. No, realistically a psychopharma won't read anything beyond the executive page, but that's all that really matters anyway. : )
As for me, I saw my doc, it turned okay, he lacks a secretary, appologized for things. I got my Desoxyn refilled.
Oh, and um, 70-90% of patients fail their drug treatments for ADHD. That's why Desoxyn was bought from Abbott last summer for $40 million. Lots of people don't find efficacy with non-Desoxyn stimulants, that doesn't mean to not try Desoxyn.
And friggin' effexor would be neurotoxic if you inject it and took it without sleep or food for days and took it at 25x your daily dose. For crying out loud, 10mg of Desoxyn ain't neurotoxic.
Besides that, um, suggesting that it is ignores recent findings reported in Scientific American that show toxicity is good for your neurons, and is the mechanism by which any mental benefit occurs from exercise. Exercise, as we all know, helps our bodies by initially straining ourselves and depriving ourselves of oxygen, increasing toxic things like lactic acid, etc., and this is hypoxic, it causes neurotoxicity, and that's why it's good for you. Ha!
Yup, psychiatry is a science, not everything is common sense-- just because something's "neurotoxic" doesn't mean it must be "bad." And no, Desoxyn isn't anyway.
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