Posted by Paulbwell on February 5, 2006, at 1:07:28
In reply to Re: Concerned ex-meth abuser, posted by idolamine on January 17, 2006, at 22:24:53
> I just started on serzone and find that it makes me extremely jittery/anxious. This could be from the noradrenaline. I don't want to have my concentration diminshed from prozac. Thanks for your replies!!
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> > The bad news: I was a long term heavy addict (tho not a smoker) in the late 80's. When I quit, I had a seizure disorder I didn't have when I started. I was depressed to begin with, and was depressed when I quit, so who knows the difference on that? In the past 5 years or so I have become a zombie from dopamine dysfunction, and my memory is going like I have Alzheimers - sometimes I can't remember things like how many days are the in a year. I am 45 now. To this day my brain's chemistry is super-duper actuated to anything which affects noradeneline and/or norepinephrine, like Wellbutrin, Provigil, etc. It wasn't like that before I did all the meth. Who knows what the future holds for me.
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> > So the bad news is, it can change the chemistry of your brain permanently and f you up for life.
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> > The good news is you don't have to do it again, and you didn't do it for very long, so maybe you have dodged a bullet.
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> > To be fair, the NIH has done studies that show that with time, normal function returns and you'll be okay. It just didn't happen in my case. Maybe it depends on the amount used. Google "NIH methamphetamine" and read up.
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> > Good luck. Don't let it eat up your life worrying about it, but worry enough to stay away. Its truly a bad bad drug.
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Perhaps you have been medicating a medical problem, read this persons account:" Dexedrine only med that has worked
I have been suffering from ADD with unipolar depression ever since i was a child...when I was 16 I was put on prozac..ever since then have tried zoloft, effexor, wellbutrin, celexa, lexapro, serzone all without helping my symptoms.I finally found a psychiatrist that was willing to try dexedrine and noticed a huge improvement within a matter of days. I have energy, motivation, can concentrate on everyday tasks so much easier!!
As far as side-effects...there were a few when first beginning treatment. one being dry mouth which was helped by chewing gum and drinking lots of water. and the second one was loss of appetite, but these went away in a couple of weeks and now experience NO side-effects from my medication.
there are a lot of myths out there surrounding the use of amphetamines..that they are dangerous, addictive, lots of side effects, could be abused, etc.
but what a lot of people don't really know is that amphetamines have been one of the most studied and safest medications for the treatment of ADD/ADHD, depression, etc.
when i was not on medication, i was self-medicating myself with crystal methamphetamine which is a supercharged amphetamine.
now that i am on dexedrine, i no longer have the need to abuse illegal drugs. and of course dexedrine could be abused to get high, but those with ADD/ADHD do not get any euphoria from taking their medication (according to the many studies i have read)
Currently I am taking dexedrine spanules 15mg."
Cheers
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