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by odiroot 785 days ago
If they invent something like this but for procrastination, they'd get a Nobel prize.
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It is called dexamphetamine. Or more more commonly these days, lysdexamphetamine.
Adderall is used pretty effectively for this.
Adderall and Vyvanse?
Anecdotally, those don't cure procrastination. They mostly cure issues with consistency and throughput once the task has begun. Starting the task is still the same hill to climb as it was before.
Oh God, imagine the self-, peer, and top-down pressure to take that, both for students and working adults.
No need to imagine, there's a reason Adderall, Vyvanse, and just about any amphetamine are banned in Japan.