Posted by Iago Camboa on April 25, 2002, at 4:47:33
In reply to Re: don't freak out II » Iago Camboa, posted by Elizabeth on April 23, 2002, at 22:47:32
> Dexedrine is, of course, a different drug entirely from diamorphine. Three weeks probably wouldn't be long enough to become tolerant to amphetamine, but some people taking it long-term for narcolepsy, attention-deficit disorder, daytime sleepiness, etc. do have to raise the dose with time. What were you taking it for, BTW?
I shall begin by the end: I began to take amphetamine on a regular basis (during the said 3 weeks, which could have turned out to be 6 or more as well) because I was left with no alternative at the time...
I was previously taking nialamide (the MAOI) in fairly high doses during a very difficult and critical time (I was then in my 20s): enough to say I was far from my homeland and had a lot of men under my command and I was doing my mission with an energy and success due in great part to that remarkable drug, the best thing I have ever taken and at the very zenith of its full power (nialamide was without pair between 1 and 6/7 months of daily intake and I was between month 1 and month 2). I was at the time a heavy smoker and a heavy drinker and for me much alcohol and MAOIs always made me kind of aggressive (I'm pacific by nature in stead) which quality was perhaps further enhanced (or rather aggravated) by constant use of hypnotics: all things put together were like dynamite...
I must now explain that the drug (i.e. the MAOI) was regularly dispatched to me by my father by mail. (Hypnotics (and amphetamines) were available locally). Now a beautiful day, mail services somehow got 'kaput' and I was left without the precious chemical... And I could NOT 'afford' to have either a 'withdrawal syndrome' or a 'nasty depression'... I could not assemble my men and tell them: now, kids, you are going to stand by for a while and to behave properly while I'm having a little depression next door...
I had already experimented with dexedrine many times before as 'sports medicine' (though never during more than a couple of days or so in sequence) and I knew it was a powerful stimulating drug. I got two prescriptions from a dermatologist friend of mine with whom I was dividing my suite, and all went on even better than before... With too much 'scotch', too much gambling and too many whores, though.> > To speak the whole truth, I just began to take an IMAO (by the name of Niamid (from Pfizer)) the day following my last dexedrine intake.
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> We don't have nialamide in the USA, only phenelzine, isocarboxazid, and tranylcypromine. How does nialamide compare to these? Are you still taking it? Why did you stop taking the Dexedrine?For me nialamide was not very distinct from phenelzine (the only two MAOIs then available to me and the only ones I have ever taken) except in that it was even more powerful than the latter; but it diminished its power in less than 7 months or so and it was not the kind of drug which could be uped without all manner of nasty side effects. But it was very easy to switch from the one drug to the other without any intervall (not even a single day) between the two... When nialamide's availability was discontinued in this country I imported it from Spain for a few more years; but that drug's star was an unlucky one: it vanished from Spain too and I suspect it vanished altogether. Perhaps Pfizer one day resurrects it...
As for dexedrine I continued to use it but only sparingly and always as 'sports medicine'...> > And I attest here that I consider the said drug (dexedrine or dexto-amphetamine) very effective, very safe and very clean.
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> Yeah, it's not nearly as unpleasant as most antidepressants can be. It lacks the sexual side effects of SSRIs, the anticholinergic side effects of TCAs, and the food and drug interactions of MAOIs. It doesn't cause weight gain, orthostatic hypotension, sedation, etc. either. I guess that's why it's considered "bad:" it's not unpleasant or annoying enough to take. :-)It can be a lot of fun and enrich one's life IMHO ;-).
Many kind regards,
Iago.
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