Synthetic Motivation:
After taking amphetamine for a long time, the effect becomes less and less apparent until you have to go back the doctor for a higher dosage. You get the higher dosage and it works for awhile, but now you can't sleep, and you're getting very impatient with the world around you when you start crashing, so the Doctor trys prescribing you Xanax to calm your withdrawal. So now you find yourself on 2 drugs, and you now need 3x the amphetamine you originally needed to get the same "buzz" effect as before. The effect that in your mind, makes you a social genius, a academic mastermind, someone without a care in the world...at least..for a moment. So after the doctor turns you down for a bigger prescription (because he doesnt want your heart to explode) you begin snorting the drug. Crushing or emptying the pill onto a table, rolling up your dollar bill, exhaling as deep as possible and...you get the picture. Until one day, with your eyes in a book, your nose begins to bleed... this has never happened before..
You freak out- You can't tell anyone or they'll know you've been abusing your medicine. You decide to quit using all together. You try to calm your vice with Alcohol and Marijuana. But your motivation is completely lost. The long term effects of amphetamine that nobody tells you about it your complete loss of all ambition. Your brain had slowly been conditioning to work under synthetic motivation, and now that you've stopped taking your brain food, you're unable to complete simple tasks, and perceive completion of simple projects. You become a complete procrastinator, locked in your room, watching television, crying about where life has taken you..blaming others..even your doctors..when in reality, you 've got only yourself to blame.
So- is amphetamine a bad thing? Not if taken moderately. However, prescribing amphetamine to someone is the same as drug dealing, it's easy money for your doctor. Meet your new drug dealer, Dr. "yourlifeisoverand yourmoney'smineNow"
It's also an easy way to get kids to shutup- there are parents out there who'll gladly agree and don't even question a doctor/teachers recommendation to have their child placed on these drugs and given at lunchtime, and sometimes twice a day. To these kids, every day is like their going to an amusement park, but it won't last. These children unfortunately grow up with horrible problems. Especially when they stop using these drugs.
Monday, September 15, 2008
ADD and a taste of my opinion
A pill.
You learn about them usually after they've already been given to you. Whether it's whole or crushed, given orally with water, or crushed up in your applesauce, most of us have taken something, at sometime. My first introduction, that I can remember..were the purple baby aspirin..they had a grape flavor I believe..but not very convincing. Yes, my throat hurt..I had the chicken pox. My mother was giving these too me for pain every few hours, along with a dose of some pink antibiotic tincture...
Later in life..with injuries, having teeth pulled, and again being sick we upgrade to adult medicines..
Aspirin, Ibuprofen, Acetominephen, Vicadin, Oxycodin..etc. But they were limited to downers, and pain relievers. Unless of course you, like some 15% of children today were diagnosed with ADD or ADHD, and prescribed drugs like ritalin, or adderol. The generic name of course being, Amphetamine. Amphetamine is a stimulant, Stimulants speed up the central nervous system. They act like adrenaline, a hormone that is one of the body’s natural stimulants. Other drugs with similar effects include cocaine, ecstasy, ephedrine, caffeine and many others.
Now- ask yourself, what could possibly be wrong with a child where they would need to be given speed to calm down their "hyper-disorder?" At least in most cases, nothing is wrong with the children this deadly drug is being prescribed to.
Here's what the Center for Addiction and Mental Health ( www.camh.com ) has to say about Amphetamines;
" In children who are hyperactive, amphetamines and related drugs, in the correct doses, can have a calming effect. Amphetamines reduce hunger and increase breathing, heart rate and blood pressure. Larger doses may cause fever, sweating, headache, nausea, blurred vision, very fast or irregular heartbeat, tremors, loss of co-ordination and collapse."
"Overdose can cause seizures, coma and death due to burst blood vessels in the brain, heart failure or very high fever. "
"Amphetamines are linked to risky and violent behaviours, and increased injury and sexually transmitted disease."
"Amphetamines may cause bizarre or repetitive behaviour, paranoia and hallucinations. "
"Injecting any drug can cause infections from used needles or impurities in the drug; sharing needles with others can transmit hepatitis or HIV. "
"When taken as prescribed, amphetamines and related drugs do not cause dependence. However, these drugs can cause dependence if they are misused. Methylphenidate is less likely to cause dependence than other amphetamines. "
"Regular non-medical use of amphetamines can lead to tolerance. This means that the person needs to take more and more of the drug to get the desired effect. Regular use of amphetamines, especially when the drug is smoked or injected, can quickly cause psychological and physical dependence. Dependence means that cravings and compulsive use of the drug become very important to a person. If drug use is stopped, the person usually goes through withdrawal, also called “the crash.” Symptoms of withdrawal can include fatigue, restless sleep, irritability, intense hunger, depression, suicidal behaviour and fits of violence. People who use amphetamines often also use other drugs, such as alcohol, cannabis or benzodiazepines, to help them relax and sleep. This increases the risk for dependence on these other drugs. "
Finally-
What are the long-term effects of taking amphetamines?
Chronic use of amphetamines can lead to serious physical and mental health problems. Because amphetamines reduce appetite and fatigue, they can cause vitamin and sleep deficiencies and malnutrition, and make people more prone to illness. Regular use of amphetamines can also cause amphetamine psychosis. Symptoms include hallucinations, delusions, paranoia, and bizarre and violent behaviour. These symptoms usually disappear a few days or weeks after the drug use has stopped. Longer-term studies support the efficacy and safety of methylphenidate when taken as prescribed to treat hyperactivity, but more information is needed to evaluate its long-term effects.
You learn about them usually after they've already been given to you. Whether it's whole or crushed, given orally with water, or crushed up in your applesauce, most of us have taken something, at sometime. My first introduction, that I can remember..were the purple baby aspirin..they had a grape flavor I believe..but not very convincing. Yes, my throat hurt..I had the chicken pox. My mother was giving these too me for pain every few hours, along with a dose of some pink antibiotic tincture...
Later in life..with injuries, having teeth pulled, and again being sick we upgrade to adult medicines..
Aspirin, Ibuprofen, Acetominephen, Vicadin, Oxycodin..etc. But they were limited to downers, and pain relievers. Unless of course you, like some 15% of children today were diagnosed with ADD or ADHD, and prescribed drugs like ritalin, or adderol. The generic name of course being, Amphetamine. Amphetamine is a stimulant, Stimulants speed up the central nervous system. They act like adrenaline, a hormone that is one of the body’s natural stimulants. Other drugs with similar effects include cocaine, ecstasy, ephedrine, caffeine and many others.
Now- ask yourself, what could possibly be wrong with a child where they would need to be given speed to calm down their "hyper-disorder?" At least in most cases, nothing is wrong with the children this deadly drug is being prescribed to.
Here's what the Center for Addiction and Mental Health ( www.camh.com ) has to say about Amphetamines;
" In children who are hyperactive, amphetamines and related drugs, in the correct doses, can have a calming effect. Amphetamines reduce hunger and increase breathing, heart rate and blood pressure. Larger doses may cause fever, sweating, headache, nausea, blurred vision, very fast or irregular heartbeat, tremors, loss of co-ordination and collapse."
"Overdose can cause seizures, coma and death due to burst blood vessels in the brain, heart failure or very high fever. "
"Amphetamines are linked to risky and violent behaviours, and increased injury and sexually transmitted disease."
"Amphetamines may cause bizarre or repetitive behaviour, paranoia and hallucinations. "
"Injecting any drug can cause infections from used needles or impurities in the drug; sharing needles with others can transmit hepatitis or HIV. "
"When taken as prescribed, amphetamines and related drugs do not cause dependence. However, these drugs can cause dependence if they are misused. Methylphenidate is less likely to cause dependence than other amphetamines. "
"Regular non-medical use of amphetamines can lead to tolerance. This means that the person needs to take more and more of the drug to get the desired effect. Regular use of amphetamines, especially when the drug is smoked or injected, can quickly cause psychological and physical dependence. Dependence means that cravings and compulsive use of the drug become very important to a person. If drug use is stopped, the person usually goes through withdrawal, also called “the crash.” Symptoms of withdrawal can include fatigue, restless sleep, irritability, intense hunger, depression, suicidal behaviour and fits of violence. People who use amphetamines often also use other drugs, such as alcohol, cannabis or benzodiazepines, to help them relax and sleep. This increases the risk for dependence on these other drugs. "
Finally-
What are the long-term effects of taking amphetamines?
Chronic use of amphetamines can lead to serious physical and mental health problems. Because amphetamines reduce appetite and fatigue, they can cause vitamin and sleep deficiencies and malnutrition, and make people more prone to illness. Regular use of amphetamines can also cause amphetamine psychosis. Symptoms include hallucinations, delusions, paranoia, and bizarre and violent behaviour. These symptoms usually disappear a few days or weeks after the drug use has stopped. Longer-term studies support the efficacy and safety of methylphenidate when taken as prescribed to treat hyperactivity, but more information is needed to evaluate its long-term effects.
Monday, September 8, 2008
HFCS
Beginning last week I've noticed this huge High Fructose Corn Syrup subject on television. They're making skeptics out to look like they don't know what they're talking about. But here is the truth-
http://www.noweightgaincookbooks.com/worse_than_sugar.htm
High Fructose Corn Syrup is much like a white sugar, but it's much worse. It goes directly to the liver and doesn't break down like regular sugar does. It triggers the body to store fat. Please read, and be careful about ad's you see on television. High Fructose Corn Syrup is BAD FOR YOU, don't give your children HFCS if you can avoid it.
Josh
http://www.noweightgaincookbooks.com/worse_than_sugar.htm
High Fructose Corn Syrup is much like a white sugar, but it's much worse. It goes directly to the liver and doesn't break down like regular sugar does. It triggers the body to store fat. Please read, and be careful about ad's you see on television. High Fructose Corn Syrup is BAD FOR YOU, don't give your children HFCS if you can avoid it.
Josh
Thursday, September 4, 2008
New Day Ziua
The day is Sept. 4th, 2008.
Normal day for the most part. Started out with little to eat for breakfast...we ended up settling with oatmeal. We're not poor, or low on food or anything, but we're a bit spoiled sometimes. Jonah doesn't like oatmeal in the morning so much, he's had his fill of it before bed most of his life..well, all two years of it. His 2nd birthday is Monday. He likes cereal, he likes scrambled eggs w/cheese on them. Who doesn't.
The day was late, we slept in until 9:30. He hadn't a nap the day before and must have been making up for it into today. He's like a teenager sometimes already...a peek at what's to come one could wonder. While I appreciate sleeping in with my late shift, it isn't quite what you'd want for your toddler. A more strict sleeping routine would be more acceptable I suppose but we're not so routine ourselves. I work nights and my wife works during the day. Our time together is limited to the weekend, and we do our best to get along during the week. Communication is something we're still trying to work on.
It was a 3 day due to Laborless day, and our friends Alan and Liz came over for a bit Sunday. Sort-of a double date, but it's usually at our house. Once we went out for drinks, and to a Indian restaurant where we all ate lamb.
Liz is blonde, short, a bit squeely. She's great with children, they seem to like her, and are quick to learn her name. Which out of my toddlers mouth, sounds more like "wiz" but that doesn't matter. Her downfall, aside from her drinking, is her strange assumptive manner. She talked about her degree (education or something) for about an hour, and then tried to explain why our son did something wrong, and somehow assumed she was telling us something we didn't already know. She was surprised to find out my wife has a degree in child psychology. They must not have discussed this before in the past. Their relationship is sort of side-kicked off of Alan and mine. Back to the drinking though, I didn't see her drink that day, she must have started before everyone else, but it was quite apparent after watching her load our dishwasher to the brim, only to then 5 minutes later take them all out again without turning the machine on. Not someone you'd want to babysit I suspect. She has a natural gentleness about her, but the thorns of life can change a person, and the stories she openly spills to anyone who will listen, tell that story. Bad car accident, DWI, parents weren't nurturing, acne, anxiety medication...etc, etc.
Alan is tall, very lean, but not like Lurch from "The Adams Family." He's italian and I think they only get so tall. Depends on what their mixed with I suppose. English, dutch I believe..."Davis"...maiden name was Dorey. Alan is an old friend.
More to come...Im tired...
Normal day for the most part. Started out with little to eat for breakfast...we ended up settling with oatmeal. We're not poor, or low on food or anything, but we're a bit spoiled sometimes. Jonah doesn't like oatmeal in the morning so much, he's had his fill of it before bed most of his life..well, all two years of it. His 2nd birthday is Monday. He likes cereal, he likes scrambled eggs w/cheese on them. Who doesn't.
The day was late, we slept in until 9:30. He hadn't a nap the day before and must have been making up for it into today. He's like a teenager sometimes already...a peek at what's to come one could wonder. While I appreciate sleeping in with my late shift, it isn't quite what you'd want for your toddler. A more strict sleeping routine would be more acceptable I suppose but we're not so routine ourselves. I work nights and my wife works during the day. Our time together is limited to the weekend, and we do our best to get along during the week. Communication is something we're still trying to work on.
It was a 3 day due to Laborless day, and our friends Alan and Liz came over for a bit Sunday. Sort-of a double date, but it's usually at our house. Once we went out for drinks, and to a Indian restaurant where we all ate lamb.
Liz is blonde, short, a bit squeely. She's great with children, they seem to like her, and are quick to learn her name. Which out of my toddlers mouth, sounds more like "wiz" but that doesn't matter. Her downfall, aside from her drinking, is her strange assumptive manner. She talked about her degree (education or something) for about an hour, and then tried to explain why our son did something wrong, and somehow assumed she was telling us something we didn't already know. She was surprised to find out my wife has a degree in child psychology. They must not have discussed this before in the past. Their relationship is sort of side-kicked off of Alan and mine. Back to the drinking though, I didn't see her drink that day, she must have started before everyone else, but it was quite apparent after watching her load our dishwasher to the brim, only to then 5 minutes later take them all out again without turning the machine on. Not someone you'd want to babysit I suspect. She has a natural gentleness about her, but the thorns of life can change a person, and the stories she openly spills to anyone who will listen, tell that story. Bad car accident, DWI, parents weren't nurturing, acne, anxiety medication...etc, etc.
Alan is tall, very lean, but not like Lurch from "The Adams Family." He's italian and I think they only get so tall. Depends on what their mixed with I suppose. English, dutch I believe..."Davis"...maiden name was Dorey. Alan is an old friend.
More to come...Im tired...
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