• Zikeji@programming.devEnglish
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      8 months ago

      If you’re taking it for its intended purpose (treating your ADHD) likely you’re getting a completely different experience anyway lol.

      • Swedneck@discuss.tchncs.de
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        8 months ago

        afaik you do technically get a lowered libido when using it to treat ADHD but that’s moreso because now you don’t need to strangle the snake just to actually feel sufficiently stimulated for 5 minutes.

        • Zikeji@programming.devEnglish
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          8 months ago

          True, medication impacts everyone in its own unique way anyway. For me personally I never noticed a difference, though I’m not on it anymore - I got switched to a non-stimulant due to blood pressure. The only medication that has impacted my libido negatively has been anti depressants, the right brain zappy ones like Effexor.

    • SuperDuper@lemmy.world
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      8 months ago

      proceeds to play Mario Kart for 11 hours straight without using the bathroom or eating… Or writing that essay that was the reason for taking Adderall in the first place

  • Alien Nathan Edward@lemm.eeEnglish
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    8 months ago

    one of the things I miss most about not being the town fuckup anymore is setting my alarm for 6am, eating an adderall and then going back to bed. I tended to come back around about 45-90 minutes later and for just a second it felt like I’d actually rested and woke up ready to greet the day until I remembered that I was just high, but it was nice overall.

    • BlanketsWithSmallpox@lemmy.worldEnglish
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      8 months ago

      one of the things I miss most about the being hungry is setting my alarm for 6am, the joy of dopamine and reward my body gave me for eating breakfast and then going back to bed. I tended to come back around about 45-90 minutes later and it felt like I wasn’t actually hungry anymore and woke up ready to greet the day until I remembered that I was just not hungry anymore, but it was nice overall.

      That’s one of the silliest most reductive things I’ve ever heard anyone say lol. You really didn’t pay attention much when the doctor talked to you or looked up stuff on your own? That tracks though I suppose huh…

      Also, you reaaaaaaaaaally need to try drugs, you’re missing out if you think that’s being high.

      https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Adderall for the curious.

      The two amphetamine enantiomers that compose Adderall (levoamphetamine and dextroamphetamine) alleviate the symptoms of ADHD and narcolepsy by increasing the activity of the neurotransmitters norepinephrine and dopamine in the brain, which results in part from their interactions with human trace amine-associated receptor 1 (hTAAR1) and vesicular monoamine transporter 2 (VMAT2) in neurons. Dextroamphetamine is a more potent Central nervous system (CNS) stimulant than levoamphetamine, but levoamphetamine has slightly stronger cardiovascular and peripheral effects and a longer elimination half-life than dextroamphetamine. The levoamphetamine component of Adderall has been reported to improve the treatment response in some individuals relative to dextroamphetamine alone. Adderall’s active ingredient, amphetamine, shares many chemical and pharmacological properties with the human trace amines, particularly phenethylamine and N-methylphenethylamine, the latter of which is a positional isomer of amphetamine.[sources 2] In 2021, Adderall was the seventeenth most commonly prescribed medication in the United States, with more than 30 million prescriptions.[33][34]