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by nicoburns
1742 days ago
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I don't think it's at all controversial that it has this effect in the short term. The questions are: (1) Is the effect unique to people with ADHD, or does everyone get this focus boost? (2) Is the effect sustainable over the long term, or are you just building up to an eventual crash where you have to wean yourself off the drugs very painfully. I don't really have any firm opinions on the answers, but I do think that your first few weeks of experience doesn't count for much. |
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What I can contribute to #1 is that, apparently (per my psychiatrist), people who experiment with drugs sometimes discover that drugs like cocaine and amphetamine behave quite differently for them than with non-ADHD people; instead of getting ramped up, they find it calms them down. Of course, with a sufficiently high dose they’ll get ramped up too, but there’s a pronounced, confusing (to the user) dip in the dose response that the people around them don’t seem to experience. I’ve never tried either, so I can’t comment on that first hand.