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I have heard of moms using their kids' Ritalin to get more energy. I don't know if this is a true thing or not. Nor do I know if it really works if you aren't ADD.
I admit, I have longed to try it, especially for the appetite suppression.
I don't care if it's dangerous or not, so please don't waste your time lecturing me on it as I will just ignore those posts. If it can improve work speed, how much would it likely do so? Work is my passion, and I will take anything that would increase my speed.
Well a lot of them are time release, so you have to crush them up and snort them or parachute them, but yeah it will work.
I have heard of moms using their kids' Ritalin to get more energy. I don't know if this is a true thing or not. Nor do I know if it really works if you aren't ADD.
I admit, I have longed to try it, especially for the appetite suppression.
Not sure about that one, but I do know that they used Ritalin to treat narcolepsy (sleeping sickness) in the 80s. My stepfather had a prescription for it, and it did seem to work.
I was able to take an adderall once and it really did make a difference... It was like I was running on all cylinders mentally and I could think quickly and focus and organize really well. It did make paying attention and learning better. It was weird, unlike of being high where you feel inebriated, where you feel it was like I was more normal and logical than I am sober many times.
10mgs seemed to be just right, and there's no way I'd crush them up and snort them or anything. They work fine and dandy at that dose, ingested orally.
That being said, I see it as kind of afterburner, it's good for the times when you really need to mentally perform, but if you leave it on without taking breaks, your going to run out of fuel and fry out faster. I definitely wouldn't take them day in day out.
I find, and I think scientific evidence backs me (I can look if you want) that amphetamines really do improve mental performance and memory and learning while caffeine does not. A well rested non addicted person will not see significant improvement in the aforementioned areas with caffeine. Where caffeine helps is for killing off drowsiness which impedes mental performance and for performing routine, not very mentally intensive tasks. I know caffeine made me do significantly worse when I took a decent amount before a college test without being drowsy or having a tolerance.
Finally, there's a difference between methamphetamine and ampetamines; the meth part really makes a difference. It penetrates fat in your brain, making it more euphoric and potent, but neurotoxic.
Not sure about that one, but I do know that they used Ritalin to treat narcolepsy (sleeping sickness) in the 80s. My stepfather had a prescription for it, and it did seem to work.
Sleeping sickness is actually a totally different thing than narcolepsy. It's a parasitic disease from African Tsetse flies. Narcolepsy is a neurological/brain disorder where a person's sleep-wake cycles do not operate as they should. One of its causes is a neurotransmitter deficit (hypocretin though, not norepinephrine and dopamine like in ADHD).
Yes. Those medications are fantastic. They're basically legal prescription amphetamines. They're effective stimulants on ANYONE, not just those who supposedly have attention span problems. For hyperactive people with attention span problems, those medications slow them down & help them focus. For normal people, they increase mental efficiency & help you focus
I was prescribed Vyvanse (same thing as Ritalin & Adderall) for a couple years until I built up a tolerance to it. Those were the best two years of my life. I lost 20 lbs. I became a super-athlete. I could think clearly. I made honor roll in college for the first time. And a hundred other amazing things happened in those two years.
I don't care if it's dangerous or not, so please don't waste your time lecturing me on it as I will just ignore those posts. If it can improve work speed, how much would it likely do so? Work is my passion, and I will take anything that would increase my speed.
Maybe you need a job better suited to your skill-level and abilities. That might be a better long-term solution. Did you intend to remain on drugs for the entirety of your career?
Phentermine will make you zoom around like a hummingbird. Of course, there's the risk of heart problems with it.
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