Posted by Ame Sans Vie on April 20, 2003, at 18:37:56
In reply to Bored, boredom pill ????, posted by janejj on April 18, 2003, at 21:37:58
This is going to seem kind of odd, but you know what really gets me up and going and gets the creative process flowing for me? Soma (carisoprodol), a *sedating* muscle-relaxer! I have absolutely NO idea why this works for me in that manner... in fact I know little at all about carisoprodol except that it is a federally uncontrolled drug in most states that metabolizes to a schedule IV tranquilizer, meprobamate (Miltown; Equanil). Yet it makes me feel energized, overflowing with ideas, and hyper-productive-- but at the same time calm, cool, and collected. Doesn't really have much of a muscle relaxant effect, in my opinion, though I have noticed I get a little tongue-tied at doses above 700mg, two tablets (i.e. I actually stumble on some words and phrases, not slurring my speech, but every 15 seconds or so my tongue just doesn't do what I tell it to for a brief moment). They also make Soma Compound and Soma Compound with codeine, but they contain less carisoprodol and 325mg of aspirin.
Maybe it's just my whacked brain chemistry, go figure!
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