View Full Version : Anyone not want cold hands/feet?


optimum00
04-15-07, 09:45 PM
I'm really curious of the relationship between amphetamine use and the reverse of the peripheral vasoconstriction. If you want to try this, please post your experience.

Devised by U.S. Army researchers in Alaska, works by conditioning the hands to counter the cold spasm reflex. You soak your hands in warm water for three to five minutes, in a room where the temperature is comfortable. Next, you go into a freezing room and soak your hands in warm water once again, this time for ten minutes. The cold temperature would normally cause your arteries to constrict, but the warm water keeps them open. Eventually, they will remain open even without warm water. In the army experiments involving 150 people, this procedure was repeated three to six times every other day. After fifty-four treatments, hands were found to be seven degrees warmer in the cold. (http://alternative-medicine-and-health.com/conditions/raynaud.htm)

I'm just curious how amphetamines would effect the above procedure in terms of progress, whether they would hinder or aid.

jawglasswell
04-18-07, 01:34 PM
Wow, great thread. I hate the cold hands I get from medications. I really can't see myself doing this for 54 treatments. Haha Prolly wouldn't stick to it hence my ADHD. Cool thread though.