Not-Such-Better-Living Through Chemistry

Re:Not-Such-Better-Living Through Chemistry by photochemsyn on Saturday January 07, 2023 @03:50PM (#34292629)

I think the comparison you want to look at is Adderall vs. methamphetamine. Incidentally, addicts can't tell the difference between the two drugs if ingested in pill form at the same relative dosage. This is comparable to how opiate addiction works; an addict can't tell the difference between morphine and heroin, it just takes twice as much morphine to get the same effect.

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Re:Not-Such-Better-Living Through Chemistry by _a_a_a_ on Saturday January 07, 2023 @04:10PM (#34292852)

I suspect you don't know what you're talking about. Have you any actual experience with drugs? Because I can tell the difference between MDMA and various somethings sold as MDMA but aren't, and I'm hardly a drug expert.

Again, have you any decent experience with drugs?

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Re:Not-Such-Better-Living Through Chemistry by novok on Saturday January 07, 2023 @07:45PM (#34294765)

There are a lot of nerdy people with ADHD on this website, ADHD procrastinating time away. I would actually trust them on this specific drug class actually, you can get prescribed meth with an ADHD diagnosis, just most don't.

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Re:Not-Such-Better-Living Through Chemistry by _a_a_a_ on Sunday January 08, 2023 @06:15AM (#34298133)

Which fails to answer the question, or acknowledge I have some experience with this type of drug. Neat.

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Re:Not-Such-Better-Living Through Chemistry by sizzle on Sunday January 08, 2023 @02:40AM (#34296974)

People with ADHD don’t get “high” on Adderall taking therapeutic dosages in the Milligrams. They take it to turn the noise down in their head so they can focus and be productive.

The comparison to meth “addicts” is absurd. People with ADHD are not taking Grams of prescribed amphetamine pills to get high like some one blasting their brain with a bag of street meth with the intent of feeling euphoria.

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Re:Not-Such-Better-Living Through Chemistry by astrange on Sunday January 08, 2023 @03:23AM (#34297179)

Do you actually feel "euphoria" taking more than the prescribed dose of Adderall? I've been encouraged to try increasing the dosage by psychs before and I just can't. It feels more like a panic attack than anything.

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Re:Not-Such-Better-Living Through Chemistry by sizzle on Sunday January 08, 2023 @05:13PM (#34303784)

I’ve accidentally taken double doses and had a massive migraine. As for euphoria, your brain gets used to meds so you will only feel normal taking doses, even higher might feel more energy but never high

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