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Yet sadly these drugs are still heavily regulated. You need to renew your prescription every month, which is expensive. Doctors look at you skeptically. In some

Yet sadly these drugs are still heavily regulated. You need to renew your prescription every month, which is expensive. Doctors look at you skeptically. In some countries they don't prescribe them at all, or only prescribe less effective versions to prevent abuse. And then there are articles like this that appear every so often, telling us that we aren't really sick. Or that people who take these drugs are abusing them like they are just trying to get high or whatever.

ta_339393 10y ago
Very good points. They really make us jump through a lot of hoops just to get the medicine we need to live a somewhat normal life, all in the name of preventing drug abuse. I don't believe it actually does anything significant to prevent abuse, those who want to abuse drugs will always find a way. There's so much of a stigma associated with low dose amphetamines and it's completely unfounded. I really noticed this when I switched from dextroamphetamine to methamphetamine (Desoxyn). Since my insurance wouldn't cover the brand name drug, I get the Mylan generic that says "METHAMPHETAMINE" on the label and I could really notice a difference in the way I was treated at the pharmacy. It was like they immediately assumed I was some dangerous drug addict. I'd try to be friendly with them and all I would get is really robotic responses. It's ridiculous that they assume methamphetamine is this much more dangerous or addictive of a drug, it's not. In fact it's the best stimulant I have ever used. Way more effective than dextroamphetamine with fewer side effects. Luckily I have a good psychiatrist that is setup to handle the monthly refills in a sane manor and doesn't treat me like a drug addict when I'm just looking to improve my life.
- llamataboot 10y ago
  Stigma works the other way as well though. There's plenty of people prescribed strong stimulants that would be just aghast at the thought of someone doing some meth to get a particularly important painting done or something.

ta_339393 10y ago

Very good points. They really make us jump through a lot of hoops just to get the medicine we need to live a somewhat normal life, all in the name of preventing drug abuse. I don't believe it actually does anything significant to prevent abuse, those who want to abuse drugs will always find a way. There's so much of a stigma associated with low dose amphetamines and it's completely unfounded. I really noticed this when I switched from dextroamphetamine to methamphetamine (Desoxyn). Since my insurance wouldn't cover the brand name drug, I get the Mylan generic that says "METHAMPHETAMINE" on the label and I could really notice a difference in the way I was treated at the pharmacy. It was like they immediately assumed I was some dangerous drug addict. I'd try to be friendly with them and all I would get is really robotic responses. It's ridiculous that they assume methamphetamine is this much more dangerous or addictive of a drug, it's not. In fact it's the best stimulant I have ever used. Way more effective than dextroamphetamine with fewer side effects. Luckily I have a good psychiatrist that is setup to handle the monthly refills in a sane manor and doesn't treat me like a drug addict when I'm just looking to improve my life.

llamataboot 10y ago
Stigma works the other way as well though. There's plenty of people prescribed strong stimulants that would be just aghast at the thought of someone doing some meth to get a particularly important painting done or something.