re: Adderall shortage in BR

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And what kind of shrink would write that script?

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Don't worry bout me

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shite I love them, they are the best if you take them when you first wake up!

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This. I love that soma coma. Ultimate relaxation for me But been a few years since ive seen any

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Speaking of schedule drugs... on Aug 18th tramadol will now be a c4/scheduled 4 drug :D

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Of course. fricking idiots.

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i may be stretching it, but I have a you get cousin that is or was a deputy in Pearl river county in southern MS that is a dry county at that. No booze, and he is the one that told me that you could have all the soma you want and them not give a frick....

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Until early 2012, Soma was not listed as a Controlled Substance. If a drug isn't controlled, it's considered a "Legend" drug and the consequences for possession would be the same as if you'd been caught with your grandmother's diabetes meds or something; you'd be either ticketed or possibly arrested for a misdemeanor if the cop decided to be a dick.

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SuperSaint

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You're spot on about women and Somas, I'd say >80% of Soma abusers are female.

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Rite aid Always has them for me. I take 30s

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They carry the footballs, Bocage has the round 30's. The drip isn't as bad.

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quote: It's not even addictive[\quote]

[quote]are you kidding me?? ;( YOU may have gotten off of it without any withdrawals or something but that doesn't mean it isn't addictive... I can almost one quadrillion prescient guarantee that you didn't just quit taking it without switching to something else or having some other kind of meds that would have hid the withdraw

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The people that get addicted to ADD meds are those that dont actually have ADD. But those that truly have it, can not take the medicine and not have "withdrawl symptoms" or need something else.

Ive never done a drug in my life and I have a prescription for Adderall XR 20mg. If I dont get my prescription filled in time I can go for however long until I get it filled and not "have to use something else to get me by". Now sure my appetite increases but within a dayor two its back to normal. My wife says Im a little more outgoing than I already am but there have never been any negative effects for me not taking my medicine.

Is ADD over prescribed? Hell yes it is. Its the reason my parents never had me tested as a kid(we are talking mid 80's/early 90's) when only the overly hyper or "bad kids" took ritalin. There wasnt as much medical research available then like there is now. My mom was a teacher, and it wasnt until she was required to start going to a conference every year which taught teachers how to spot the signs of add in children that she really understood that I had always had ADD. I went to the dr at 18yo and quickly found out I had it. Once I was able to find a medication that felt ok, it has helped tremendously. I take the extended release adderall though.

All in all, the people who "rely" on add meds to get through their day dont have add in my opinion. Those are the people that have become addicted. But for those that do truly have it, it can be a tremendous help to stay on task and not lose interest in things so quickly.

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I had those symptoms through school and took adderall, but when I graduated I did not want to rely on prescription drugs to do my job. Therefore I weened off of it and learned how to focus and do my job without using them. Its not that hard you just have to grow up.

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All in all, the people who "rely" on add meds to get through their day dont have add in my opinion. Those are the people that have become addicted.

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Addiction isn't dependent on abuse. Taking any medication for an extended period of time causes a change in brain chemistry, it isn't preventable by taking it as prescribed.

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There is no way it should be in the same class as oxycodone drugs when it isn't even addictive.

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it IS addictive you moron... smh.... i've taken it many a time in my day and soma is by and far the most addictive muscle relaxer or even anxiety type med i've ever tried... back in my college days somas were EVERYWHERE in nola, pretty sure each and every stripper on bourbon was on about ten at any given time.. cray

can't even get a legit doctor to prescribe those any longer... that's how addictive they are.

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it IS addictive you moron... smh.... i've taken it many a time in my day and soma is by and far the most addictive muscle relaxer or even anxiety type med i've ever tried... back in my college days somas were EVERYWHERE in nola, pretty sure each and every stripper on bourbon was on about ten at any given time.. cray can't even get a legit doctor to prescribe those any longer... that's how addictive they are.

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Carisoprodol (Soma) is not physically addictive and is not very psychologically addictive either. The problem with it is that tolerance can be built to ridiculous levels and the fact that most people use it to potentiate the effects of opiates. Also, some people metabolize it differently than others, which is probably why women are so much more likely to get bad off on them.

The reason Somas were so prevalent a few years ago was because they weren't listed as a controlled substance, that didn't happen until early '12 when they were listed as a CIV. Before that they were considered just a prescription, or legend, drug and the consequences of possession could be as little as a summons.

Most doctors are extremely hesitant to prescribe Soma nowadays because of the celebrity deaths associated with it recently and the high interaction potential it has with opiates and benzos. Pretty much only pain management doctors are writing Somas now, the regular primary care docs will only write Flexeril, etc.