Posted by Chairman_MAO on April 28, 2005, at 16:42:29
In reply to Re: Dexamyl, posted by Mr.Scott on April 26, 2005, at 15:25:22
Withdrawal and craving? There is no reason why amphetamine + a downer should produce any withdrawal and craving in anyone using it properly to treat anything (except a desire to get high, heh, and even for that, an astonishing number of people use them safely). Ayn Rand took three Dexamyl spansules per day for decades and quit when it went off the market with no ill effects.
Amphetamine is still used as a antidepressant in treatment-refractory cases, and is indespensible in the treatment of post-stroke depression. And as for tolerance, etc., chronic administration of amphetamine actually sensitizes the user to it, and LESS drug is required to produce the same effect. The only effect that wanes is the euphoria; a modest, antidepressant-like mood boost, increased energy, etc. remains and does not build tolerance for many people. Please do not parrot drug war hysteria without understanding what you're talking about.
I would rather take amphetamine and barbiturates than 80%+ of all the psych drugs on the market. At least amphetamines and barbiturates have been extensively studied for decades and found to be relatively nontoxic to human tissue. One certainly can't say that for most of the new psych drugs (think about the diabetes with Zyprexa, irreversible vision damage with Sabril, possible problems with strattera, liver damage with serzone, etc.). And have you seen the black box warning for Depakote?
And I sure hope you don't think the antipsychotics are safer than amphetamine!The therapeutic index for amphetamine is also higher than many of the drugs currently used in psychiatry today, and is also higher than caffeine's, everybody's "safe" stimulant. That certainly is not true for barbiturates, which is why the benzos replaced them. Taking amphetamine with a benzodiazepine is probably one of the safest drug cocktails one could imagine: If the doses are kept at sane levels, they mitigate the side effects of each other significantly while synergizing nicely.
I feel a lot safer taking Parnate--despite all the MAOI hysteria--than any of the newer ADs. At least I know it won't send me on a manic quest to kill myself like SSRIs can or cause god-knows-what damage to who-knows-which organs.
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