EZ10Miler wrote:
Well it's speed, so yeah, if you don't have ADD you will feel the effects very very differently. (It's why so many teachers have been caught stealing their student's meds.)
I can find a handful of stories of students' ADHD medication being stolen by adults at schools--only a couple of those by teachers. "So many" is a vast overstatement and shows that you're probably just generally anti-teacher.
The below is just my experience with it.
Whether you have ADHD or not, Adderall essentially causes immediate, dramatic dopamine increases in a medically controlled way. One problem with Adderall, is that it creates a sense of "reward" without having to do anything for it. You feel accomplished and happy, without having done anything specific to achieve that result. I think it can be very helpful for a small subset of the population, but for most people, they generally just really like the feeling of being on it because they get that feeling like "I just climbed a mountain", when all you did was reorganize your sock drawer.
The MAJOR problem with adderall, is that everyone will build a tolerance to it, and you will eventually need more to achieve the same result. This is particularly problematic for people with addictive personalities and will seek to increase their dosage over time. Many, many people will get a full 30 day prescription, and because they need to take more -- Will overtake their medication and run out before their refill date.
Adderall will also cause a crash and withdrawal. So your dopamine will spike, and then fall back below normal levels later that day. So the brain will say "I want more of that". Many people will say "I need it to do....XYZ", and feel it's impossible to achieve certain tasks once the medication has worn off.
Getting OFF adderall after a long time is also VERY difficult. I had a severe adderall addiction early in my 20s, which started at a small dose. I was eventually on a super high dose until I quit. It's not a drug that you'd need to go to rehab for (unlike xanax or opiods or alchohol), but if you've been taking it a long time, getting off is very, very difficult. You won't die, but you're probably going to feel depressed and lethargic.
I would never tell someone, "don't ever take it", because it CAN be very helpful for people who need it, but I'd be very careful with it. Your relationship with the drug will almost certainly change over time.
For me personally, after I quit -- It took me about 2 years for my brain to "reset" and feel normal again.
When I have a really bad cold, I take pseudoephedrine and notice that my concentration is fantastic and I can get much more done than usual (even though I am sick). I think pseudoephedrine has some similar properties to ADHD meds (and meth, for that matter).
was on 5mg in the morning for about six months, then lost my health insurance so am no longer using it
the #1 difference it made for me was that i was able to fall asleep at a much more reasonable time than normal and do so with incredible consistency
doc said that's a tell-tale sign i'm of the minority taking it that actually "need" it
something else i noticed that is relevant to running: my baseline bodyfat dropped about 2 to 2.5%, from generally being around 14% to 12% after the first few months and then it stayed there. i don't diet or restrict my eating, just eat when i'm hungry and drink when i'm thirsty
that 2% difference in bodyfat was an overall weight reduction of more like 4-5%, so if i was competing and using adderall it would very clearly be performance enhancing for me. n of 1 and all that applies of course
Adderall is nothing. Vyvanse, though—it turned me into a god. It’s like legal ecstasy, sprinkled with meth and a touch of psychedelia. The wild part? You can pair it with weed, and they sync. One night I did that, strapped into VR, and came out schizophrenic. Genius-level thoughts, but utterly alone.
I thought being "smarter" would connect me to people. Turns out, it’s the opposite. Vyvanse let me unlock my advanced IQ, and for months, I tore through life—and people—with no limits. It amplified everything: intellect, libido, ambition. But it didn’t make me human; it made me something else. Morals? They evaporated. I could hurt someone without flinching. Drugs are demons—literal demons. They take your soul and leave you alive just enough to feel the emptiness.
Think about the future: if 75% of people end up on something—Adderall, Vyvanse, Lexapro—are they even people anymore? Imagine them voting, designing new tech, advancing society. It’s not human evolution; it’s a descent into something else entirely. Drugs don’t just make you "not care"—they change what you are. They kill the you that existed before, so technically, "you" never die—you’re already gone.
And Lexapro? I knew a girl who took it, started selling herself, and said she felt “happy.” No anxiety, no shame. But isn’t that the point? We evolved to feel—fear, sadness, doubt—for a reason. Strip that away, and what’s left? A hollow shell. Ecstasy does the same, but worse. Any girl who’s taken it? She’s lost twice as fast. It’s a drug that burns the essence of a person to fuel the high.
I wrote this on Adderall. Good luck out there. And for the love of whatever’s left—don’t take Ecstacy. It’s not a drug; it’s a pact, with the devil.
No. Amphetamines make everyone feel great. ADHD is an imaginary condition.
AdhdDemon wrote:
Adderall is nothing. Vyvanse, though—it turned me into a god. It’s like legal ecstasy, sprinkled with meth and a touch of psychedelia. The wild part? You can pair it with weed, and they sync. One night I did that, strapped into VR, and came out schizophrenic. Genius-level thoughts, but utterly alone.
I thought being "smarter" would connect me to people. Turns out, it’s the opposite. Vyvanse let me unlock my advanced IQ, and for months, I tore through life—and people—with no limits. It amplified everything: intellect, libido, ambition. But it didn’t make me human; it made me something else. Morals? They evaporated. I could hurt someone without flinching. Drugs are demons—literal demons. They take your soul and leave you alive just enough to feel the emptiness.
Think about the future: if 75% of people end up on something—Adderall, Vyvanse, Lexapro—are they even people anymore? Imagine them voting, designing new tech, advancing society. It’s not human evolution; it’s a descent into something else entirely. Drugs don’t just make you "not care"—they change what you are. They kill the you that existed before, so technically, "you" never die—you’re already gone.
And Lexapro? I knew a girl who took it, started selling herself, and said she felt “happy.” No anxiety, no shame. But isn’t that the point? We evolved to feel—fear, sadness, doubt—for a reason. Strip that away, and what’s left? A hollow shell. Ecstasy does the same, but worse. Any girl who’s taken it? She’s lost twice as fast. It’s a drug that burns the essence of a person to fuel the high.
I wrote this on Adderall. Good luck out there. And for the love of whatever’s left—don’t take Ecstacy. It’s not a drug; it’s a pact, with the devil.
Wow! Vyvanse really worked for you. It was the complete opposite for me.
Adderall was out of stock in my area for 4 months, so I was temporarily switched to Vyvanse.
The effects for me were:
-deep, painful headaches
-not being able to focus clearly/quiet the ‘noise’
-very bad sleep
I started an online Harvard business program and my last week was able to fill my adderall prescription. The clarity was better and my sleep quickly improved again.