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PoppinKREAM 42 points ago +42 / -0

It's Adderall.

Source: on Adderall daily; her face is what happens when you're taking it for performance enhancement rather than as a therapeutic. If you have genuine ADHD it works differently than if you don't. ADHD and Adderall (at the proper dose) level you out. When its to get a step up, you seem like you're on crack.

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Richard_Friedman 14 points ago +14 / -0

Well it is a mixture of amphetamines, racemic and dextroamphetamine.. literal speed

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PoppinKREAM 7 points ago +7 / -0

Correct! Massively helpful for actual ADHD in the proper dose.

Your baseline neuro chemistry will cause unique variations in how you respond to certain substances. Drinking, weed, nicotine, hell even sugar (a small amount in liquid form consumed through the day helps a ton) all cause effects that are different than what "neurotypical" brains experience.

And by actual ADHD, I mean actual ADHD and not the "ADHD" that young kids "have" because they're understandably antsy in today's classrooms.

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Texapede66 2 points ago +2 / -0

Can confirm. It eliminated all my symptoms. Unfortunately, it also showed decreasing effect after only one week, so I tapered off and gave up on it.

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PoppinKREAM 2 points ago +2 / -0

I won't encourage you one way or another since they can certainly be rough, but in my experience the subsiding of benefits was really the subsiding of euphoria that comes with amphetamine. Drugs feel good, especially at first.

When that happened for me, it went from "I must do 1 million things today" to "I can effectively do what I need to do," which beforehand was so hit or miss that I probably couldn't maintain a regular 9-5 due to how poorly I was able to regulate my executive functions.

I don't like the meds. They definitely mute me a bit. I'm much sillier and funnier when I'm not on it. But the trade off for that is being able to consistently get just enough of a push that I'm not fucked as soon as I'm bored.

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JKillen 7 points ago +7 / -0

Medicinal

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PropagandaWizard1984 6 points ago +6 / -0

ummmm don't know how to tell you this but Adderall is literally amphetamines.

Adderall and Mydayis[4] are trade names[note 2] for a combination drug containing four salts of amphetamine.

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PoppinKREAM 3 points ago +3 / -0

Oh I'm aware!

My response wasn't "no you're wrong, it's this instead" but rather "yeah, definitely drugs, probably Adderall"

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PropagandaWizard1984 1 point ago +1 / -0

No speed for me thanks. Energy drinks are as hardcore as I get.

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PoppinKREAM 2 points ago +2 / -0

Haha I dont blame ya. I'm not a fan of how the meds feel, but I'd be fucked without them. I was diagnosed pretty late and the difference between now and then is unbelievable. Its not great for you as far as side effects go, but the benefits I've experienced are literally worth the potential issues down the line.

I mean a difference of "destined for failure" and "productive member of society" as far as myself personally.

That said, I dont recommend it to others. It was a last resort for me and works, but there's a cost that I wouldn't encourage others take.

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PN_OShea 6 points ago +6 / -0

If you had any idea how many medical professionals and medical students are using it, you'd never step foot in a teaching hospital again.