Stimulants and mutation

[cainnabelspawn]

When I was 5 years old, I was put on methylphenidate for ADHD. A few weeks later, I began developing a condition known as Vitaligo which is a mutation involving depigmentation of affected areas of skin... My parents denied that the drug was the cause, but after about 6 months, I stopped taking the drug and the depigmented area stopped growing. Thus, I am convinced that methylphenidate was the cause of this condition.

I recreationally use amphetamines to this date, and it is hard to tell if they have any effect on this spot, some friends claim to see it enlarged recentley. When I was taking methylphenidate, it was a daily dosage, and any amphetamines I take now are few and far between (Main amp is MDMA, and I space it weeks in between).

I am not too concerned about the spreading of the depigmented area, but I am a bit curious as to what these stimulants are doing to my genetic code to cause a strange thing like skin depigmentation to occur... Has anyone here been educated in a way that they understand what is actually happening?

Also, please share any experiences that realte to this. I wasn't really confident that methylphenidate was the cause of this until I met another person with similar genetic make-up; ironically, maybe (mid-eastern and 'unknown mixed white races' mixed), who had also been prescribed methylphenidate during the same period of life as me and had the exact same problem...

 

[BilZ0r]

1) The methylphenidate did not mutate you, in anyway. So you need to forget about that idea.

2) The cause of vitiligo isn't mutation (well not directly). What the cause is, isn't known. But a lot of people think it is auto-immune related (Auto-immune attack on the cells which produce pigment in your skin (melanocytes)). Do stimulants fuck around with your immune system? To a greater or lesser extent, yes they do.


And on a personal note, I don't know what this "great american white race" shit is all about, you could just be trying to be funny, but it doesn't sound very funny on the net, it just sounds like you've got a swastika tattooed to your skull, so maybe you want to leave it out next time.

 

[cainnabelspawn]

Bilzor, I edited my comment to clear up the great american race comment. I live in a smolting pot, you must understand. I have many white races that were mixed to make a 'white' american side of my family, and the other side is middle eastern.

I bring this up to show that people with similar genetics to my own had similar problems with methylphenidate.

 

[BilZ0r]

*shrug* vitiligo effects all races equally.

 

[ilikenoddyland]

i think its a bit unfair to give someone grief because they think something maybe genetic and they mention race, i havent seen the unedited post but its looks like you over reacting. racism is a seruious illness in our society,i live in the uk but its still the same, but 'anti-racistists' who over react liek you really really make the problem worse IMHO.

how was he/she to know that vitiligo effects all races regardless? Is this true anyway? probably thought the information would be usefull. as skin pigmentation varies in different races then it sounds an obvious piece of information to include on a question about a affliction that affects skin pigmentation.

my friend has vitiligo on his elbow (couldnt tell you his racial make-up(britain has been invaded by loads of different races over the last 1000 yrs so a mix of those i suppose, like me) but he looks pasty white on mondays and tuesdays and gets a bit more colorfull as the week goes on). he had adhd as a kid, and was prescribed ritalin. just coincidence perhaps ,but now when he uses amphetmines mdma and coke it does get bigger and more defined. these are just the three main drugs i dont know if all three make it bigger as he takes them all usually.

most likely coincidence but interesting%)

 

[BilZ0r]

^ What the fuck? Seriously, what the fuck. If you have a problem with moderators, you complain via the offical pathways. If you want to answer the thread: answer it. If you want to talk about methods with dealing racism, go post in some other part of this website.

I'm the mod, and I don't want people getting thinking innocent comments about the "great white race" are actually racist statements.