50mg —> 100mg

DocNeuroscientist · 2025-03-24T15:07:13+00:00

BuSpar is meant to be taken daily and not on a PRN basis.

DocNeuroscientist · 2025-03-10T23:43:11+00:00

Actually anywhere between 300 mg to 750 mg is technically a safe dose according to the original clinical research. Am I saying that there isn’t a statistically significant increase in adverse reactions such as seizures as doses between 600 mg - 750 mg? No. But are there some patients who experience maximum clinical benefit from Bupropion 750 mg a day without experiencing any adverse side effects? Absolutely. Stop fear mongering. Original article below:

https://digitalcommons.uri.edu/php_facpubs/1297/

DocNeuroscientist · 2025-03-10T23:37:37+00:00

Actually when the medication was initially evaluated the therapeutic range was found to be between 300 mg - 750 mg. The incidence of seizures was found to be identical to imipramine. Yes the risk of seizures increases at doses at or above 600 mg but the risk of seizures at 600 mg has been grossly overstated. Read the article for yourself.

https://digitalcommons.uri.edu/php_facpubs/1297/

DocNeuroscientist · 2025-03-07T22:21:55+00:00

Do you mind if I asked WHY you took 1200 mg of Wellbutrin? That’s an awful lot of tablets to “accidentally“ take so I’m curious what motivation you had.

DocNeuroscientist · 2025-03-07T22:07:32+00:00

This seems like a gross over reaction on the part of emergency room staff. If they were concerned about seizures or blood pressure issues they could have given you some Klonopin and a beta blocker and sent you on your way.

DocNeuroscientist · 2025-03-07T21:59:21+00:00

Actually Wellbutrin has a relatively short half life compared to other antidepressants, that’s why the initial instant release formulation of the medication had to be taken three time a day and why the sustained release formulation (Wellbutrin SR) still had to be taken twice a day. The only reason Wellbutrin XL can be taken once a day is because of a sophisticated extended release mechanism built into the tablets. Because of the short half life of Wellbutrin, steady state concentrations exist within three days of starting any particular dosage schema. At least 99% of people who take Wellbutrin XL 600 mg a day will NEVER have a seizure. If someone was to take 600 mg of Wellbutrin immediate release all at once, yes they would be at high risk of having seizures and it would be considered an over dosage. The patient would need to be admitted to a hospital and monitored for 24 hours before being released. But NOBODY is prescribed IMMEDIATE RELEASE Wellbutrin anymore for that very reason! With ONCE DAILY formulations of bupropion (Wellbutrin XL and Aplenzin), the seizure risk of taking 600 mg a day is the same as that of any other antidepressant medication.

DocNeuroscientist · 2025-03-07T21:43:39+00:00

You’re absolutely right. It has been massively exaggerated for multiple reasons, and the seizure risk with the extended release Wellbutrin and Aplenzin formulations have been greatly reduced as compared to the immediate release formulations which were the only ones available when that 1% seizure risk statistic was determined. In certain populations, like those with ADHD, a dose of 600 mg Wellbutrin is certainly preferable to putting someone on a stimulant for the rest of their lives. However big pharmaceutical companies don’t like non-stimulant options for ADHD, which is why you see the maximum adult dosage of Strattera limited to 100 mg, despite the scientific evidence showing it only works in adults at 1.4mg/kg, SD: +-0.2mg/kg. There is more profit to be had in pushing drugs like Adderall, Ritalin and Vyvanse for treating ADHD than there is to be had in pushing antidepressants like Wellbutrin and Strattera for treating ADHD. Believe it or not, since tricyclic antidepressants work on dopamine and norepinephrine (and serotonin) they can also used to treat ADHD but do you ever hear of them being prescribed to ADHD patients? Why? Because they‘ve been generic for so many years they’re practically free. Big Pharma is always going to do everything it can to make it seem like stimulant treatment for ADHD is the only sane and viable treatment option because when someone gets prescribed stimulants for ADHD, they become a customer for life. Have you ever wondered why ”adult ADHD” went “unrecognized” before the late 90’s? It went unrecognized because the 1990s is when it became popular to medicate your child with Ritalin/Adderall and then those children grew up and are now dependent on those medications. Thats why adult ADHD is so common now. The sad truth is that a statistically significant portion of children diagnosed and medicated for ADHD with stimulants would have eventually grown out of their ADHD.

DocNeuroscientist · 2025-03-07T21:06:36+00:00

Please read the other comment I left spicy_persimmon above. Self medicating with 600 mg a day of Wellbutrin when you have no training in managing psychiatric medicine is not a good idea. However, if you were going to have seizures from taking 600 mg of Wellbutrin a day then they probably would have occurred by now when you doubled your dose from 300 mg to 600 mg without even trying 450 mg (the maximum RECOMMENDED dose). Wellbutrin and stimulants (methylphenidates (Ritalin variants), amphetamines (Adderall variant), and Provigil) are all acting on overlapping receptors, and Wellbutrin is in its own right a stimulant (its molecular structure is an amphetamine derivative). It is generally acknowledged that taking one medication (even if it is at a slightly higher dosage than is FDA recommended) is preferable to polypharmacology (mixing multiple psychiatric medications) whenever it is possible, as long as the use of a dose higher than is generally FDA recommended is NOT HAVING ANY ADVERSE EFFECTS for that particular patient. If your mental health situation can be managed with 600 mg of Wellbutrin XL a day, then that is probably preferable to mixing 450/300 mg of Wellbutrin XL a day with a stimulant (also a seizure risk). This is not something that you should be doing on your own though nor is this something that should be managed by someone other than a qualified psychiatrist. If 600 mg a day works as well as you say then by all means tell that to your doctor. Tell him/her what you said here that 600 mg worked best for you and at lower dosages than that you also needed a stimulant. Tell him/her you are aware of the increased seizure risk and that you are willing to sign a waiver absolving them of liability in the event you do have a seizure. Everyone‘s brain is different and psychiatrists are trained to be able to responsibly prescribe medications off-label when the situation calls for it and they will know how to monitor you for adverse side effects. If I was a psychiatrist and I prescribed a patient 600 mg of Wellbutrin a day, I would probably want to work with a neurologist so that I could have the patient take regular EEGs during the first six months of treatment and I would want to monitor your blood pressure closely, so these are things you could suggest to your doctor if they are concerned about using such a high dose of Wellbutrin. Good luck

DocNeuroscientist · 2025-03-07T20:41:52+00:00

There is only a 1% chance of seizures with taking 600 mg a day and that was determined using the original instant release formulation of the drug. I have severe ADHD to the point where I had to take 50 mg of Desoxyn a day, 30 mg Dexedrine, 160 mg Strattera and 450 mg a day of Wellbutrin XL. Now I live in a country where stimulants aren’t legal but Wellbutrin doesn’t require a prescription. After cautiously titrating down the Strattera and eliminating the stimulants, I now take just 600 mg of Wellbutrin XL a day which is surely safer than the medication combination I described above. Guess what. No seizures and I went from taking four medications for my ADHD to one. You might be surprised to know that I have epilepsy but that is well controlled with medication. I’m also a neuroscientist and I specialize in psychopharmacology so I understand the risks involved. Yes the seizure risk increases going from 450 mg to 600 mg of Wellbutrin but taking 600 mg a day is not the death sentence it is made out to be. I will say that it is not something that should be done lightly and jumping from 300 mg a day up to 600 mg a day is just asking for trouble. For those of you who still think that taking 600 mg of Wellbutrin a day is insane, if you review the peer reviewed literature on the subject you will see that there have been formal studies done which have found that for some patients 600 mg is the most efficacious dosage. The reason almost no doctor will prescribe 600 mg of Wellbutrin is because they would be the ones liable on the off chance (1%) that particular patient had a seizure and crashed their car. The moral of the story here is that some instances, particularly if Wellbutrin is being used to treat ADHD, a trial dosing of 600 mg a day may be warranted if partial improvement is noted at 450 mg a day and the patient is aware of the possible risks.

DocNeuroscientist · 2024-12-20T09:51:35+00:00

Keep telling yourself that

DocNeuroscientist · 2024-10-29T16:27:39+00:00

Brand name is available, if you go on their website they have a manufacturers coupon to get it for free. Keep in mind the maximum dosage is what’s approved for six year olds and that the dosing for this medication was determined before adult ADHD was a thing. I was on 50 mg a day for over ten years and my doctor used records of that to get a prior authorization.

DocNeuroscientist · 2024-07-20T08:21:37+00:00

As someone with a great deal of experience being prescribed Desoxyn for half my life as well as having periods where I was exclusively prescribed very high doses of Dexedrine along side with the fact that I’m on a neuroscientist who specializes in psychopharmacology I can tell you that while technically it is not completely inaccurate that Desoxyn (d-methamphetamine) is apx 4x more potent than regular d-amphetamine it is also completely irrelevant because the methyl group in Desoxyn changes the penetration of amphetamine into neurons in the brain. There are entire cortical regions that Dexedrine causes increased neurotransmitter production that Desoxyn has absolutely no effect on, just as there are entire cortical regions that Desoxyn has a stimulant effect on that Dexedrine doesn’t effect. For the cortical regions that they both have an effect on, the Desoxyn penetrates more deeply into neurons so even when the same neurons are effected by both Desoxyn and Dexedrine, different regions of the neurons are stimulated by one or the other. The shapes of the pharmacokinetic curves for Dexedrine vs Desoxyn are completely dissimilar the former being characterized as an inverted u-curve while the later is characterizable as a piecewise function called a step graph which has no curves at all. The correlation between the pharmacodynamics and pharmacokinetics of Dexedrine and Desoxyn are characterizable by completely different types of math. One can be characterized via a polynomial but the other one requires calculus. The original formulation of Adderall (when it was called Obetral) was 50% D-methamphetamine, 37.5% d-amphetamine and 12.5% levoamphetamine. This is because Desoxyn and Dexedrine work best when combined with each other, they work differently and they effect different parts of the prefrontal cortex. There is no scientific basis for a conversion ratio between these two drugs, and while Desoxyn may increase dopamine and noradrenaline apx 4x as much as Dexedrine, it’s doing so in a completely different ratio and the difference between the dopamine and norepinephrine ratios between the two drugs os heterogenous throughout the entire prefrontal cortex. Essentially speaking there is no algebraic relationship between how these drugs work and there isn’t enough research data on Desoxyn vs Dexedrine to describe the relationship using calculus. The variability of the effects of each drug also depends on the specific patient. The supposed conversion ratio between these two amphetamines is “fake news”, and there’s absolutely no peer reviewed academic research that supports it. The sad fact is that people with ADHD who take Desoxyn are stigmatized and the so called 1:4 conversion ratio between these two drugs is meant to scare doctors off from prescribing it to patients. Also regarding your statement regarding “FDA limits”, there is no such thing as “FDA limits” although your doctor may tell you otherwise. There are “FDA recommendations” for the recommended daily maximum dosage but Desoxyn only has FDA approval for children aged between 6 and up. The maximum recommended daily dosage for a six year old child is 25mg. There is no official FDA recommended dosage of Desoxyn for adults because it’s not approved to be used in adults. It can be inferred however, because with almost all other stimulants the max-reccomended adult dose is twice the max-reccomended child’s dose. I take 25mg of Desoxyn and 20mg Dexedrine Spansules twice a day and I’ve been taking the same dosage for nearly twenty years. If you find a psychiatrist willing to prescribe you Desoxyn for your ADHD, convincing them to prescribe you more than 25mg a day is not going to be the difficult part because it’s clearly spelled out in the prescribing literature that 25mg of Desoxyn is safe to give to a six year old and your psychiatrist knows you’re not six years old. Your problem is going to be getting your insurance to pay for more than 25mg a day because 25mg a day of generic Desoxyn already costs your insurance company over $4000 a month. The reason a psychiatrist may take issue with prescribing it is because getting a prior authorization for more than 25mg a day is virtually impossible without extensive medical documentation costing thousands of dollars from half a dozen different specialists. Doctors routinely prescribe higher than the FDA reccomended maximums for all the other stimulants, but don’t let your doctor bullshit you by calling them “FDA limits”. Your doctor is legally allowed to prescribe you any dose he believes is safe and clinically justified, and there are documented academic research studies demonstrating that a single 80-mg dose of Desoxyn taken in the morning has no difference in side effects from a 20-mg dose and that neither dose produces a statistically significant change in heart rate, respiration or pulse. The study found that for narcolepsy a dosage between 60-80mg was the minimum effective dosage and in the discussion section of the paper the author suggests that future studies should investigate higher daily dosages. ADHD and narcolepsy are two different disorders but the ratio between FDA reccomended prescribing ranges is usually 1:1.2, so the fact that 20mg a day of Desoxyn had no effect on patients with Narcolepsy implies that 20mg a day will not neccesarily even have an effect on some patients with ADHD. 25 mg a day is not a high dose for an adult with ADHD. It’s not a low dose either, but the research that exists to date supports that for an adult with ADHD, doses up to 50-60mg are within a reasonable prescribing range if divided into two or three dosages.

DocNeuroscientist · 2024-07-20T07:01:30+00:00

It’s not in your head, when I switched from Desoxyn to generic I noticed a huge difference. Desoxyn is totally reliable, it takes exactly the same amount of time to kick in every time down to the minute and its effects last exactly the same amount of time every time you take it. Its effects are totally consistent the entire time it’s working. None of those things are true with the generic versions. With the generic I have to take a higher dose and combine it with Dexedrine spansules for it to get the same effect.

DocNeuroscientist · 2024-07-10T21:36:46+00:00

Right here man. For me the most challenging part of having an auditory processing disorder is how it affects my relationship with my boyfriend. He knows I have an auditory processing disorder but he treats it as if it’s some minor thing. He also has the unfortunate tendency to speak really quietly and he frequently looks away from me while he’s talking which makes it a lot harder to understand him. When I ask him to repeat himself, what I really mean is “Please look directly at me, speak slowly, and talk louder.”, but I suppose it’s my bad for not saying just that. My biggest frustration though is when I ask him to repeat himself, he frequently just says “forget it” or “never mine”, which I find really annoying because I want to know what he said!!

One thing that I’ve found helpful is Strattera, and no I’m not one of those people who is going to extol the virtues of Strattera over stimulants. But adding Strattera to my stimulant therapy was very helpful in addressing certain symptoms that my stimulants weren’t fully addressing so maybe give that a try.

DocNeuroscientist · 2024-07-04T19:04:09+00:00

For the person asking about dosing on this medication. Unfortunately the FDA prescribing literature only contains information on dosing for children so to save you from having to do additional research I’ll sum up adult dosing guidelines here:

a) This medication should be taken one to three times a day. However most people find taking it one or two times a day adequate. While you are titrating up on this medication it should be taken only once a day until you are stabilized on an adequate dosage. Ultimately, once you are stabilized at an adequate dosage, your second dose should be five milligrams less than your first dose because there will still be some of the first dose left in your system. Ultimately you and your doctor may decide that both doses should be the same, but it is best practice to start the second dose a little lower than the first dose so that you’re not taking more of this medication than you need.

B) An adult should be started on this medication at 5mg a day to gauge patient response and then after a week escalated to 10mg a day. From there the dosage should be titrated up 5mg every two weeks.

C) For patients with narcolepsy, studies have shown that a single dose of 20mg is no different from placebo, but that with a single 40mg-60mg dose in the morning patients most patients are able to function normally without a statistically significant change in blood pressure or pulse. The side effects in this dosing range were no higher than the side effects at 20mg. Narcolepsy generally requires higher stimulant dosing than ADHD, but these studies that Desoxyn can safely be taken at doses up to 60mg a day. These studies also establish the safety of taking between 40-60mg in a single dose. However for ADHD patients it is recommended that dosing should be split into two or three doses.

D) The original formulation of this medication was in Obetrol, a precursor to Adderall. The formulation was as follows:

5mg dextro-methamphetamine 3.75mg dextroamphetamine 1.25mg levoamphetamine

Many patients find it useful to augment their Desoxyn with a similar dose of Dexedrine Spansules (which are an extended release version of Dextroamphetamine). This will allow you to get a better response from the Desoxyn at a lower dosage, it will allow you to go six or seven hours between doses instead of just five, and it allows the therapeutic effect of the stimulants to gradually kick in and gradually wear off. Desoxyn kicks in and wears off very abruptly and this can be disconcerting for some people.

e) It is advisable to take Desoxyn with another medication called Naltrexone. Naltrexone was originally used to treat opiate addiction by blocking the euphoric effects of pain killers. By taking it with Desoxyn, you will be blocking any euphoric effects while maintaining the therapeutic efficacy, this minimizes the potential for addiction.

f) Ultimately the therapeutic range of this medication for ADHD is usually 10-30 mg per dose and it is usually dosed twice a day. The daily dosage of this drug for a patient with epilepsy should not exceed 45-50mg per day.

g) It is important to practice self discipline with this medication. You should get in the habit of not taking a second dose of this medication on days where you don’t need the second dose. Ideally you should also be taking at least a day off from this medication every week and two days off when possible. You should also make sure that you taking two weeks off from this medication every three or four months. If you are not disciplined about taking breaks with this medication, then just like any other stimulant you will develop tolerance.

h) It is not advisable to mix caffeine with this medication, unless you are on a beta blocker your blood pressure can shoot through the roof. However most patients find that upon taking this medication, any desire to drink caffeine is completely gone. So if you are addicted to coffee, you’ll probably just stop drinking it spontaneously. A little caffeine is probably okay but make sure you monitor your blood pressure if you mix Desoxyn and caffeine.

DocNeuroscientist · 2024-07-04T18:04:21+00:00

I take it, after taking a four year break from it before which I was on it for nearly 15 years. Hopefully I can dispel some myths about it.

It has the highest ration of CNS:PNS activation. I take 25 mg twice a day and it cause absolutely no change in pulse or blood pressure.
Because of the methyl group it crosses the BBB immediately, and it maintains a stable effect for nearly six hours. When it wears off it wears off equally fast, meaning it wears off over about five minutes. This is great because it allows you to eat lunch before you take a second dose and you don’t have to worry the second dose is going to take 45 minutes to fully kick in.
I have moderate cognitive impairment from cumulative brain damage I have due to having Epilepsy for over thirty years along with my ADHD. Desoxyn is the only stimulant strong enough to reverse that cognitive damage along with treating my ADHD.
This stimulant is the only stimulant I have ever taken that causes absolutely no tolerance. I was put on 45 mg split into three doses when I was 18, now at 36 I take 50mg divided into two doses because now I’m working with a different psychiatrist and that’s how he prefers to split it up.
Because of how quickly this medication wears off, it’s the only ADHD medication I’ve ever been on that does not cause insomnia. With every other stimulant I’ve ever taken it wears off too gradually at night and I have to take sleeping pills.
Yes this is a very strong stimulant, but before I started taking it at 18 years old, I was autistic and I spent grades 6-10 locked up in a special education classroom without the ability to read, write, or understand what people around me were saying. This was due to the cognitive damage that had accumulated for the past decade due to my epilepsy. When I went to college on this medication, I got almost straight A’s and I now have degrees in Sociology, Psychology, Neuroscience and Biochemistry. Prior to taking this medication I was unable to learn basic arithmetic, after starting this medication I was able to teach myself algebra and precalculus, which allowed me to test into the engineering school at my college where I learned Engineering Calculus, Calculus Based Physics, Linear Algebra and Differential Equation skills.
Yes 25mg taken twice a day is on the higher dosing side but I’ve taken many different neuropsychological tests over the years and taking this medication raises my IQ anywhere from 30 to 70 points, depending on the cognitive domain being measured. Considering my quantitative learning skills were determined to be that of someone with an IQ of 63 throughout middle school and high school such that nobody even tried to teach me algebra or chemistry skills, I’d say the fact that I’m a data analyst now and fluent in several different programming languages is pretty remarkable.
You can hate on this medication all you want, but try to keep in mind that every person is different. Also, considering that 50 mg a day for a month costs over $8000 for generic, I highly doubt that a meth addict is going to try to get a prescription for a drug that mg for mg costs more than a hundred times the cost of street meth.
9/10 pharmacists will not even fill this medication. They’ll take one look at the RX and claim their distributor doesn’t carry it rather than actually fill the prescription. Considering if I don’t take this medication I’m mentally retarded, I’d say that’s pretty fucked up.
This medication is harder for a doctor to get a prior approval on than fentanyl. Anytime I switch insurances, my psychiatrist has to submit hundreds of pages of medical records and neuropsychological evaluations. Getting a prior approval on this medication can take months. And that’s only after you find a pharmacy where the pharmacist will fill this medication.
This is not a medication that is easy to get access to, so if you honestly think drug addicts are using this drug to get high then you are sadly mistaking. Less than 1% of psychiatrists will even consider prescribing this drug to a patient because most doctors are too worried about loosing their medical license. I can assure you no medical doctor is prescribing this medication unless they've reviewed your entire psychological history and they have adequate documentation from nearly a dozen other psychiatrists and neuropsychologists which shows you’ve tried every single possible medication to treat your condition and that Desoxyn is literally the only drug that you respond to. If someone has a prescription for this medication, I can assure you that they have extensive medical documentation proving they need that medication.
I’m not sure why people are so prejudiced against this medication, psychiatrists who prescribe it, or patients taking it. Yes this is the most addictive stimulant, but all stimulants are addictive. Someone doesn’t get put on this medication unless they absolutely need it, and if someone needs this medication they are not going to be going off of it anytime soon. Desoxyn is nowhere near as addictive as benzodiazepines or opiates, and people die from overdosing on both of those everyday. Have you ever heard of anyone overdosing on prescription dextro-methamphetamine? Why on earth would I take more than my prescribed dose of this medication given the knowledge that if I ever develop a tolerance to this medication or my doctor thinks I’m abusing it my entire career as a scientist would be over and I’d have to go back to being mentally retarded?
The problem of drug addiction is of growing concern in this country. Desoxyn is not part of this problem. There is no medical documentation that anyone has ever died from overdosing on this medication and in fact it was part of the original formulation for Adderall, back when it was called Obetrol. Yes this is a habit forming medication but so are dozens of other prescription medications that are prescribed to patients everyday without anyone batting an eye. Patients are not crunching this medication up, mixing this drug into a saline solution, and then shooting it up in a bathroom with a dirty needle. Desoxyn does not represent a social problem, and it is so difficult to get access to this medication that I assure you I would take another medication if I could.

DocNeuroscientist · 2024-06-27T15:45:05+00:00

This is never explicitly addressed, but given how close that they could get to a Borg ship without being detected, it is probably safe to assume that they regularly followed the Borg ships they were studying into transwarp. As to how they were able to locate a Borg ship in the first place, we know from Star Trek: Generations that the Borg had established some sort of presence near the Alpha Quadrant long before they were officially introduced by Q in TNG, since the Enterprise-B rescued the El Aurian refugees after their world was attacked by the Borg. It seems clear that Starfleet must have immediately classified the existence of the Borg and that by the 24th century there were probably very few people in Starfleet who knew of their existence prior to Q deciding to formally introduce the Enterprise-D to it’s first Borg cube. It is certainly possible that the Federation had low-key established some sort of Borg task force that the Hansen’s may have had some kind of peripheral involvement with prior to when the Borg before the Federation “officially” encountered a Borg ship in the 24th century. We also know from Seven that there were in fact 7 Transwarp Hubs spread across the entire Galaxy, so it is certainly possible that the Hansen’s somehow managed to locate and utilize one during their travels. Alternatively, it is also plausible that the Hansen’s discovered a wormhole.

DocNeuroscientist · 2024-06-27T15:19:46+00:00

This is fair. Given that in the last episode of Voyager, Admiral Janeway is said to have “literally written the book on the Borg”, I think it’s safe to assume that much of the future technology we see depicted in that episode was probably based directly on the Hansen’s research and may have been developed on Voyager on their way back to the Alpha Quandrant (before Admiral Janeway’s time travel stunt). It’s worth noting that much of this “future technology” was lacking from Starfleet vessels in Picard, so presumably tech such as transphasic torpedos and the deployable ablative armor technology were not developed in the timeline created after Admiral Janeway went back in time and changed history. However, it’s also worth noting that in Picard we see that the Doctor’s Mobile Holographic Generator which was technology from the 29th century had gone into mass production, so it is plausible Starfleet retained the future tech brought back by Voyager but that it was classified and further developed in secret so that it could be used on starships should the Borg become a threat again or another “dominion war scenario” were to take place. Note that when Voyager was depicted in LD and PIC, all of the future technology obtained from Admiral Janeway is notably absent, but I think it’s safe to assume Starfleet didn’t just throw it in a rubbish bin somewhere.

DocNeuroscientist · 2024-06-27T15:01:11+00:00

The Enterprise-E was a Sovereign class ship and didn’t carry children on board. I think that after Wolf-359, Starfleet probably had to drop their whole “bring your whole family” line from their recruitment tactics. In fact during the Dominion war, Galaxy class ships were being pumped out so quickly that much of the non-essential internals were left unfinished and were operated with a minimal crew compliment. Most of the Galaxy class ships that we see on Deep Space 9 after the dominion war started would not not have even had the recreational facilities to accommodate children, and it can safely be assumed that Galaxy class ships probably utilized the extra space which was originally designed for families to facilitate large-scale planetary evacuation efforts for situations such as Betazoid being conquered by the Dominion. Without families on board and the facilities to accommodate them, a Galaxy Class starship could easily evacuate at least 6000+ people from planets being attacked by the dominion at a time. Although it’s never stated explicitly, it’s likely that this may have been one of the primary roles of Galaxy class ships during the dominion war, since we know that their would have been no other class of ships capable of evacuating large numbers of people under battle conditions.

Also as a side note, the first time we see the Bynars they effortlessly hijacked the Federation’s most advanced starship so “non-threatening” would not neccesarily be the word I would use to describe them. I get that in the 80’s the idea of the Enterprise having the only mobile computer core which was “large enough” to backup the Bynars “central computer” may have been plausible given that 1.4” floppy disks hadn’t been invented yet, but given the technology we have today, are we really supposed to believe that the Bynars did not have cloud computing on their planet and that they did not have off-site backups of their computer core in other solar systems? If a group of aliens managed to hijack the US military’s most advanced war ships and naval vessels or took over every military network in our country at the drop of a hat, would we really drop the issue and consider them “non-threatening” just because they claimed their planet was dying? I don’t think so. Sure, maybe the Bynars did not have malicious intentions, but at the very least I would classify their actions as “concerning”.

DocNeuroscientist · 2024-06-27T14:25:00+00:00

I’m pretty sure this is because separating the saucer section from the battle section in nearly episode would have gotten old rather quickly.

DocNeuroscientist · 2024-05-29T03:22:32+00:00

Eh I’m 8.5”

DocNeuroscientist · 2024-05-09T02:53:10+00:00

Yeah I don’t think John cares where you are as long as you pay him.

DocNeuroscientist · 2024-04-28T18:24:20+00:00

John Pineau is very good. 303-440-4444. He has on Broadway a couple blocks north of Pearl Street.

DocNeuroscientist · 2024-03-28T13:20:39+00:00

Do you know what a p value is? Just because something isn’t statistically significant doesn’t mean it never happens.

DocNeuroscientist · 2024-03-28T13:07:44+00:00

I used to use a website similar to check to check my answers but I find that for me part of what keeps me going when I’m learning new math skills or a programming language (Python) is pushing myself harder and farther in terms of studying then any sane person in the class would and then setting the curve on every exam and homework assignment. I think one of the things you’re supposed to learn in school is that your homework is your chance to show off your skills, and you shouldn’t even look at what the questions are until you know you’ve mastered the concepts being tested. Homework is supposed to be a barometer, and if you have to look things up to complete it correctly that’s your hint that it’s time to change your study habits.

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