DXM addiction

This isn't physical, it's mental. You need to toughen-up a bit, realize that your life can be interesting without fucking drugs.. get out, meet people, get a hobby..

 

exactly. which is why you have to actually want to stop and be willing to follow through with that. you can't make a half-assed effort and then sit around complaining that you weren't suddenly cured.

 

That's snobbish

But the reason why I got addicted to it was because I used it to combat anxiety along with taking benzos because I was afraid to ask for a higher dosage from one doctor because I didn't want the doctor to take me off my benzos like one doctor did when I needed more and more. I remenber a long time ago that cold medicine knocked me out so I used them at to combat anxiety along with my prescription benzos and liked the buzz so I got hooked. I have been hooked on other drugs too

 

hey, I was kidding.

I just always used to make fun of my guy friends for tripping out on robitussin.... seems just... corny to me.

I might be a snob

 

oh jezz, I should have figured yeah but there are some people that think that way

 

I despise DXM, personally.. I do not enjoy being paralyzed - not able to walk around. Same with angel dust really.

 

Climbing , people write "career plans" , "business plans" , plans for this , that and the other.

How about u write a "life plan"?
Have u actually thought what a good , healthy , fulfilling life would be?
Not criticising , just wondering?

 

Tip: stay away from Coricidin Cough & Cold (aka Coricidin HBP). Those are the ones that cause all the "OMG DXM causes DEATH!11" stories in the local papers. They contain Chlorpheniramine maleate as well as dextromethorphan, and its the chlorpheniramine that will cause all the nasty shit that you read about.

Stick with syrup, or google "agent lemon".

I ain't gonna try and stop you doing it, that's your own business.

EDIT: read www.dextroverse.org - especially the DXM FAQ.

 

That's a good idea. My life is very empty because I have to do many things I hate, (school ect...)

 

We probably all have to do things we dislike.
But often its these that let us do things we *like*.

Seriously , write it and follow it!

 

Your post was dead on man, you are one of the few people I have seen that can distinguish between physical addiction and psychological dependency. And you seem to have a real understanding of the nature of addiction.

But I have to disagree with this. I have been diagnosed with ADHD since I was a kid, and I can tell you it is a neurological issue and not just behavioral. That can only be expected though. Every person has a different biological composition. So I don't like to think of it as a disorder, but rather more of a normal human variance like temperment and personality. Either way, it certainly made things like focusing in school extremely hard for me, as I was one of the few ADD kids who wasn't doped up out of their mind.

And the psychostimulants used in treatment are dopamine agonists..

It has pretty much been proven with certainty that ADD/ADHD is associated with lower levels of dopamine receptors in the frontal lobe of the cortex.

 

Well said, thanks

 

oh, i've been diagnosed with ADD too, and struggle with it to a severe degree to this day.

but its a personality issue. there are neurological factors be its very nature.

this doesnt mean it's caused by a wildly unusual neurochemical makeup.

i'm of the belief that extrinsic/environmental factors in neurological development are a very real source of the condition, moreso than ones natural chemistry.

ADD is not a "normal" healthy state. humans tend to develop to a healthy state when they develop in the most "natural" way possible. using the TV as a childcare provider or even just entertainment at too early an age can actually be detrimental to normal development. sure there have been anomolous historical figures who may argueably have possessed characteristics of an ADD riddled individual...but these are few and far between, and pure speculation.

ADD was really first identified in the late 40s or early 50s, i believe. since then, it has steadily increased in prevalance in our society, following trends in popular media and various new forms of media such as music videos and youtube and video games and so on.

i firmly believe that ADD exists, and that it is detrimental to ones normal functioning, but i do not believe it is pathological and find treating it with psychoactive substances to be a frightening possibility in more ways than one. i do think it is somewhat overdiagnosed, and i think that medications are vastly overprescribed.

but i do also think that it exists and that it has been on a startling, steady rise over the past few decades, and i think it has a LOT to do with how people are treated as children. you develop into it. environment has an ENORMOUS impact on how one turns out.

 

How old are you, if you don't mind me asking?

 

I'm *massively* ADD.Yes it DOES exist!
The first I'd heard of it was after I left uni..Wish I'dve known about it before...

Yes its a pain up the arse in a way.
But u look at really successful , focussed people and there's *loads* of em with ADD.Its a benefit to them.

I think its all about approaching the world in a way that utilises your own neural architecture.
There was a plan to have an ADD group here , before one of my long absences...

 

If you wanted to quit you would. I've quit plenty of shit I was very physically and mentally addicted too but you will NEVER have success unless you really want to quit.

 

qft

 

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I agree with that completely. It is definitely developmental, like autism. Actually, several of my professors when I was in school mentioned that ADD is on the far end of the autism scale. I used to be more into researching this kind of stuff, and more well versed, but havent been as interested lately.

But as far as environmental factors, I agree with that and feel that diet is one of them. The time frame for ADD being recognized and classified sounds right, and cases have definitely ballooned into an epidemic in the last few decades. Probably an effect of postmodern, industrialized society. But if I remember correctly, the same group of symptoms have been recorded for quite some time, they were just categorized different. For example, before ADD was offically recognized, those children were labeled as incorrigible, or slow. Im gonna try to look that up actually.

Also a lot of the most brilliant and accomplished people are or were ADD/ADHD, so no worries :cheers2:

 

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