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Where did you learn?
Temeraroius
Bluelighter
I was just curious, this isnt really an adv. drug question but how many of the people who frequent this forum have degrees in something chemistry related? how many just picked up all this information on their own? how many are doctors? etc. I'd like to make a poll but I am not sure how so mods?
serotonin-system
Ex-Bluelighter
BSc in Psychology
MSc in molecular neuroscience
PhD in Pharmacology
Oh, and bluelight of course 
vortex30
Bluelighter
All from my own research on the internet, but I'm honestly not that useful to ADD, I can just add a few things here and there mostly I just like reading it, I'm only useful in BDD really.
dread
Bluelighter
I'm just a junky who has delusions of intelligence.
Temeraroius
Bluelighter
Haha I feel that way too ^^. But honestly in the last week I have been reading ADD I have understood sooo much more about basic neurochemistry. BL more often than not teaches me what I dont know, then I go look things up on wikipedia or other sites.
PsYcHoAcTiViSt
Bluelighter
I was just thinking about this question as well. I have taught myself quite a bit so far. I have mostly been into studying the pharmacokinetics and pharmacodynamics of substances but I would like to start learning more about the chemistry aspects and how to read molecules and stuff like that. Can anyone recommend a good learning website where I may be able to teach myself some of the basics of molecules? I mean I can do some searching myself, but figured I'd ask if anyone had any particular recommendations.
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Temeraroius
Bluelighter
I am currently in highschool so I am applying a lot of what I hear to my pretty basic knowlege of chemistry and biology. I'm more into physics really in terms of academics but this aspect of chem and bio is really interesting. I am a lot more into the biological stuff in terms of what is going on in my body but the chem is interesting in terms of drug prep.
Obyron
Bluelight Crew
PsYcHoAcTiViSt said:
Go on eBay and pick up an Organic Chemistry 101 textbook that's a few editions old. You can usually get them cheap, and it's not like functional groups have changed in the last 3 or 4 years.
djsim
Bluelight Crew
serotonin-system said:
BSc in Psychology
MSc in molecular neuroscience
PhD in Pharmacology
Oh, and bluelight of course
Nice. If I was 20 again I'd head in this direction. When I got my pharmacy degree I thought it'd be great... a license to print money. But in Australia the government regulates the industry too heavily (so everyone can afford their meds... most you'll pay for required meds is ~$32, govt pays the whole difference and as such there is no huge profit made on RXs). So yeh, I started med 2 years ago cos I hated sitting at a computer in a store all day. Unless you are well hooked up over here you just cant make ends meat (as with any drug dealer, you need a cheap supplier to make it big )
My advice: never start a degree until you do some work in your entinded field (eg wanna be a doctor? Go to a hospital and see what they actually do first, cos after you get a degree and go back for another it feels like a waste.
The science side pf pharmacy I find fascinating though. That's why ADD is great IMO
johanneschimpo
Bluelighter
Hammilton said:
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Riemann Zeta
Bluelighter
BSc in neuroscience (minor in organic chem)
Currently PhD student in neuropharmacology
And for anyone without any formal training looking for some decent, readable (written in modern english, not simply medical jargon) textbooks to introduce them to the world of organic chemistry, neuroscience and pharmacology, I recommend:
Clayden, Greeves, Warren & Wothers (2000) Organic Chemistry.
Bear, Connors & Paradiso (2000) Neuroscience: Exploring the Brain.
Cooper, Bloom & Roth (2003) The Biochemical Basis of Neuropharmacology.
Since they have been out for a while, you should be able to pick them up at a used book store or on Amazon under 'used.'
ebola?
Bluelight Crew
Just as a hobbyist.
I'm not near as knowledgeable as others here though.
fastandbulbous
Bluelight Crew
I got mine in a lucky dip - it was going to be that or a fluffy toy!
serotonin-system
Ex-Bluelighter
djsim said:
Nice. If I was 20 again I'd head in this direction. When I got my pharmacy degree I thought it'd be great... a license to print money. But in Australia the government regulates the industry too heavily (so everyone can afford their meds... most you'll pay for required meds is ~$32, govt pays the whole difference and as such there is no huge profit made on RXs). So yeh, I started med 2 years ago cos I hated sitting at a computer in a store all day. Unless you are well hooked up over here you just cant make ends meat (as with any drug dealer, you need a cheap supplier to make it big
)
My advice: never start a degree until you do some work in your entinded field (eg wanna be a doctor? Go to a hospital and see what they actually do first, cos after you get a degree and go back for another it feels like a waste.
The science side pf pharmacy I find fascinating though. That's why ADD is great IMO
I've just handed in my PhD thesis man and I have no clue what the fuck I'm gonna do now.
I think I was one of those who just stayed in education because I didnt (and still dont) know what I wanted to do, and I seemed to be preety good at it (education).
Anyone got any ideas/suggestions?
Cheers,
SS
serotonin-system
Ex-Bluelighter
Riemann Zeta said:
Nice choice of subjects. Can I ask what part of the work you're studying in? You could be my lab-partner!
