Psychs won't prescribe it because it's a wakefulness promoting agent, not a typical stimulant. There's insufficient evidence to prescribe it as a first-line treatment for ADHD. Insurance companies are also unlikely to pay for it in absence of a diagnosed sleep disorder.
Methylphenidate is the clinically correct alternative to amphetamines.
Not really. Your best bet is to buy them from a vendor who does batch testing (as opposed to lot testing) and will present you with a lab’s certificate of analysis when requested.
This is a case report of an individual that experienced lead poisoning from Ayurvedic supplements. It is from Canada’s public health system.
One of the linked studies which analyzed 193 supplements found that 39 of them were contaminated. That was funded in part by the US NIH, hospitals, and universities.
The only thing I can see that’s suspicious are the people pushing these harmful products.
Trazodone should not be compared with those other drugs. It is hardly anticholinergic, and it lacks many of the side effects of Seroquel or Ambien. It can actually improve sleep architecture; it acts as a slow-wave sleep enhancer. In addition, it may increase the "arousal threshold" in certain patients with sleep apnea. This translates into less disruptions to sleep overall. [1][2]
Comparing this to something like Ambien- which disrupts sleep cycles and correlates with increased mortality overall- just isn't factual. [3]
Anecdotally, a low dose of trazodone (25 mg) prevents sleep maintenance insomnia for me. You should definitely have a sleep study done regardless. Wishing you some restful sleep!
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I don't think we know enough about it, other than to say, "sleep is important and disrupting it should be minimized."
There's a medication called trazodone which is used off-label for people with issues falling or staying asleep. It increases the total percentage of time spent in slow-wave sleep (stage 3).
Even though this comes at the expense of REM, in elderly people with cognitive or neurodegenerative issues, this appears to confer a protective benefit (the rate of deterioration is slowed comparatively).
That said, it would probably be ideal if they slept well without medication and altered sleep architectures.
Meth is significantly different than regular amphetamine. Consider that simple changes in isomers can elicit radically different effects. A great example is levmetamfetamine (or l-meth), which is sold over the counter as a decongestant (as opposed to d-meth, the “fun” kind).
Now, if the difference between a “left-handed” and “right-handed” meth molecule can be so great, it shouldn’t come as a surprise that adding a methyl group to regular amphetamine will change its effects considerably.
This can be seen in the different receptor binding profiles (which receptors, where in the brain, and how strong or long the modulation is).
Meth’s increased addictive and neurotoxic effects are owed to this difference in receptor binding.