Posted by d0pamine on August 10, 2007, at 14:21:49
In reply to Ephedra/Ephedrine...any one ever used them?, posted by sometimesblue on August 10, 2007, at 10:56:09
> I find that if i take a dose of an ephedra based stimulant, such as those found in certain diet/energy pills, they provide me with the focus and energy I need to get through my day. The only problem is that if the dose is too high it aggrivates my anxiety.
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> Is anyone else done this, familiar with this, or have any theories as to why this could work?When I started college I had never heard of ADD or ADHD or the stims used to treat the conditions, (yes I was sheltered) but somehow I stumbled on the same thing you've figured out, and I'm really not sure how I would have graduated without it.
This is not an endorsement of doing such a thing as I've never researched it and am not aware of the health effects.
I can tell you also that when I got older and was having the same trouble in my programming career, my doctor had this bottle of neat pills called Adderall and they did the same thing, only much better. I took them for over 6 years and admittedly got a lot of work done. but when all was said and done I'm really not sure I"m the same person that I was when I started. If I had it to do over I would have researched non-stimulant solutions. Incidentally when I quit adderall I started emsam and while it doesn't have the same WOOHOO!!!! type effect I am able to get my work done. Who knows, in six years I may say I wish I'd never heard of EMSAM too. Best of luck and be careful these meds are very deceptive and nothing is free.
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