Re:We need ecstasy and cocaine in place of Prozac and Xanax
by kolinko on Tuesday May 16, 2017 @05:22PM
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There are many different psychiatric issues.
MDMA may throw someone out of an acute depression, but for people with genetic predispositions towards depression, it will get back after a few weeks. And you can't microdose, nor take MDMA regularly.
As for cocaine - Ritalin is cocaine light really. Both increase dopamine, and reduce anxiety in low enough doses.
As for replacing Xanax, it affects GABA if I'm not mistaken, which is a completely different animal altogether. For people who have issues on that front (i.e. experience panic attacks often, due to brain chemistry, not because of traumatic memories), no amount of MDMA therapy, or stimulants, will help.
Re:We need ecstasy and cocaine in place of Prozac and Xanax
by 3131s on Tuesday May 16, 2017 @10:44PM
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> As for cocaine - Ritalin is cocaine light really. Both increase dopamine, and reduce anxiety in low enough doses.
As the other poster said, Ritalin is a jittery, cheap experience compared to the glorious bliss of cocaine. Cocaine boosts confidence and makes it easy to talk and be social. High-quality cocaine has no "body load" and no come-down, for me. It's an incredible drug and the memories of it still stick in my mind many years onward.
Re:We need ecstasy and cocaine in place of Prozac and Xanax
by goldenkey on Tuesday May 16, 2017 @06:39PM
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Cocaine causes much less anxiety than adderall or ritalin. It is a way smoother drug if its pure cocaine
, not cut with caffeine and other crap.
Cocaine used to be able to be purchased over the counter and everyone carried around snuff boxes. This country was built on cocaine. Unfortunately, with it being illegal, it is risky to obtain and the shitty caffeine youll get with it is inferior to amphetamines.
Would be nice to see cocaine as a prescription drug for ADD and narcolepsy. But thats a pipe dream...
Stick with pure drugs, ie. from prescriptions. Caffeine and that other speedy and anxiety inducing crap street coke is cut with is not worth dealing with
Re:We need ecstasy and cocaine in place of Prozac and Xanax
by shoesr on Tuesday May 16, 2017 @08:50PM
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Provigil seems to be way better since it doesn't get you high in the traditional sense.
I don't think cocaine lasts long enough to be therapeutic. And certainly not healthy to snort it.
I also don't believe anyone (99% of people) should be taking any performance enhancing drug every day. Ritalin, Adderall and Vyvanse are all essentially meth without the initial rush.
And yes, no one should be doing cocaine since a huge percentage is cut with synthetic balt salts and even sometimes fentayl (not sure why).
Re:We need ecstasy and cocaine in place of Prozac and Xanax
by Arizhel on Wednesday May 17, 2017 @11:46AM
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>I think we also need better mental models of how to deal with life and stress.
No, we need totally different lifestyles that are more compatible with our biology. The way our society functions is incompatible with our biology, and we're trying to cover it up with drugs and other medical treatments.
MDMA may throw someone out of an acute depression, but for people with genetic predispositions towards depression, it will get back after a few weeks. And you can't microdose, nor take MDMA regularly.
As for cocaine - Ritalin is cocaine light really. Both increase dopamine, and reduce anxiety in low enough doses.
As for replacing Xanax, it affects GABA if I'm not mistaken, which is a completely different animal altogether. For people who have issues on that front (i.e. experience panic attacks often, due to brain chemistry, not because of traumatic memories), no amount of MDMA therapy, or stimulants, will help.
As the other poster said, Ritalin is a jittery, cheap experience compared to the glorious bliss of cocaine. Cocaine boosts confidence and makes it easy to talk and be social. High-quality cocaine has no "body load" and no come-down, for me. It's an incredible drug and the memories of it still stick in my mind many years onward.
Cocaine used to be able to be purchased over the counter and everyone carried around snuff boxes. This country was built on cocaine. Unfortunately, with it being illegal, it is risky to obtain and the shitty caffeine youll get with it is inferior to amphetamines.
Would be nice to see cocaine as a prescription drug for ADD and narcolepsy. But thats a pipe dream...
Stick with pure drugs, ie. from prescriptions. Caffeine and that other speedy and anxiety inducing crap street coke is cut with is not worth dealing with
I don't think cocaine lasts long enough to be therapeutic. And certainly not healthy to snort it.
I also don't believe anyone (99% of people) should be taking any performance enhancing drug every day. Ritalin, Adderall and Vyvanse are all essentially meth without the initial rush.
And yes, no one should be doing cocaine since a huge percentage is cut with synthetic balt salts and even sometimes fentayl (not sure why).
No, we need totally different lifestyles that are more compatible with our biology. The way our society functions is incompatible with our biology, and we're trying to cover it up with drugs and other medical treatments.