Posted by Paulbwell on May 8, 2006, at 18:24:45
In reply to Re: Desoxyn RXing, posted by alohashirt on May 4, 2006, at 21:31:38
> Here's the thing. Paul, and a couple of others have suggested that desoxyn is a superior stimulant, and is less "periphirally exciting" I would imagine that desoxyn and dexedrine are similarly stigmatized yet dexedrine is clearly more commonly prescribed. My doctor tells me there is no research supporting the idea that desoxyn is more effective and that his own experience with patients has not supported that idea.
> If there is a consistent positive advantage I would expect that to be apparent. So what gives?
Hi Ya!I know your extensive use/knowledge on ADD/HD so i bow to your experience here.
Desoxyn, "My doctor tells me there is no research supporting the idea that desoxyn is more effective and that his own experience with patients has not supported that idea."--
Perhaps Aloha, but Desoxyn-being Dextromethlamphetamine Hcl has a clear advantage over ALL the other stims, it SEEMS to be the best med for Narcolepsy, as in keeping these folk awake, no surprise here considering the media hysteria.
Dexedrine may? and i have read is more euphoric?, BUT your MMY.
Some folks find ritalin, etc inferior to the mighty Desoxyn, a comparison from users of Script methamphetamine:
From katherine:
"Hello, it is a large dose, yes, I've been taking it for almost 10 years, and I would be unable to take it without a doctor's approval, as you no doubt are already aware.
I have taken all of the other meds you inquire about, and find the major difference to be that all of the others gave me serious irritability (I mean REALLY) and perverted sensory process (i.e.- bad taste in mouth, funny hearing fog). Too, none of them really worked well in as many areas as Desoxyn. Adderall helped a bit with focus, but I didn't really have any will to do anything, whereas Methyliphenidate made me ready to do something but unable to figure out just what it was I meant to do, if you know what I mean. Dexedrine just made me want to kill myself whenever someone spoke to me, so I quit that pretty quickly.
Desoxyn is very very helpful to me, although I can't recommend it for everyone for the same reasons I can't take any of the other meds out there, which are that everyone's brain is different and everyone has different needs from their medication... for me it provides focus, long term concentration, a bit of energy, and a mitigation of anxiety (which last is a result of severe symptoms, which I have when un-medicated), and very few side effects. Actually, none. For the first couple of years I had some dry mouth and a tiny tremor (off and on, as I titrated the dosage), but those are long gone.
- Katharine
From Info on Wikapedia:
"Further, because the secondary effects of methamphetamine are least among the amphetamine-class stimulants or methylphenidate but the highest degree of primary effectiveness (i.e., most effective at enhancing concentration and decreasing distractibility, with the least occurrence of side effects), Desoxyn can be useful for patients who find other medications ineffective or for whom the side effects of such other medications are too severe.
The greater primary effectiveness of Desoxyn is believed to be caused by the extra methyl group of methamphetamine which is lacking in basic amphetamine, which may increase the solubility of methamphetamine in lipids (and therefore be more deeply and thoroughly absorbed into the fatty tissue of the brain).
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