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  • BDD Moderators: Keif’ Richards | negrogesic

why are amphetamines Rx'd for ADHD

Because they have the opposite effect on somebody who actually has hyper activity and mellows them out.. Also amphetamines allow for concentration.. so with both of those combined it works well for those who really have ADD/ADHD.

I was misdiagnosed in Kindergarden.. and forcefed amphetamines until I was a teenager.. I had undiagnosed anxiety... talk about HELL.
 
Violenza said it right there.

I wasn't diagnosed as a kid as having ADD/ADHD. However, years later, when I was talking with a doctor who specializes in addiction, I told him about my use of methamphetamines and how during that time I could focus and draw for hours. I did my best drawings on meth. The doctor was like `you have ADD to some degree.` There are more details of how I behaved in school that led to the conclusion.

Caffeine can also have a similar effect in calming me down and helping me focus.
 
Actually ADHD is a lack of dopamine in the brain

Most people have ADD which is the lack of dopamine in the brain, it also acts on norepinephrine which aids in the stimulation.

ADHD is where the norepinephrine quality of Amphetamines/alike come into play, it tends to calm them down

By the drugs raising dopamine levels, the activity of the limbic system in the brain increases to normal.
 
I frequently hear the claim that amphetamines somehow have the 'opposite effect' on people with ADHD, but I think this is merely an oversimplification put forth by doctors to reassure parents about giving stimulants to their kids.

Amphetamines increase focus and motivation, as well as give the drive to work for long periods of time. It is these effects that make them useful for people with ADHD. But, any person who takes amphetamines will experience those same effects (when taken in the proper context anyway. There's a huge difference between taking 10 mg of amphetamine with the intention of studying versus injecting hundreds of milligrams of crystal methamphetamine for fun).
 
stirfry said:
I frequently hear the claim that amphetamines somehow have the 'opposite effect' on people with ADHD, but I think this is merely an oversimplification put forth by doctors to reassure parents about giving stimulants to their kids.

Amphetamines increase focus and motivation, as well as give the drive to work for long periods of time. It is these effects that make them useful for people with ADHD. But, any person who takes amphetamines will experience those same effects (when taken in the proper context anyway. There's a huge difference between taking 10 mg of amphetamine with the intention of studying versus injecting hundreds of milligrams of crystal methamphetamine for fun).
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Most have the exact problems that amphetamines can temporarily fix.

Lack of motivation and focus, and the tendency to multi-task in the most impossible of ways.
These are all fixed with amphetamines.

I agree that they don't have a paradoxical effect, but the act out-of-the normal to an average person.
 
The difference between me and others who don't have ADD/ADHD on amphetamines (or methamphetamines) - is most people tend to switch from one thing to the next, whereas I'll focus on one thing for a long time. Meth users are known for starting 10 different projects and never finishing.
 
Exactly, they tend to impossibly attempt to super multi-task.

It's impossible for most to handle boredom. So I can't imagine being add/adhd.
You get bored in the middle of things and simply stop and move on.
 
It's not, no matter who you are, it will eventually severely deteriorate your fine motor skills.

I know people who have abused meth and people who have been prescribed adderall, and the both have continuous tremors even after they both stopped.
 
Psychedelic Jay said:
It's not, no matter who you are, it will eventually severely deteriorate your fine motor skills.

I know people who have abused meth and people who have been prescribed adderall, and the both have continuous tremors even after they both stopped.
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I agree you know my backstory Jay... being forcefed stimulants for half my life left me with a hefty anxiety disorder and fucked me up good.
 
Yeap it interrupts your dopamine system, causes a lack in the end and later in life

Increases the chance by a 10fold for parkinsons disease
 
Exactly, former users for extended periods of time show pre-Parkinson like tremors because of severe dopamine depletion.

Most cases are permanent after chronic use.

There is really nothing that can fix add/adhd in the long term. Most of the time people turn into paranoid hyperactive people, simply because it multiplies the original problem once high doses are stopped.
 
Haven't had the chance to read through the comments so hope I'm not repeating the same answers aimlessly.

People with ADHD/ADD are thought to have a lack of dopamine and norepinephrine which causes the person to have a lack of ability to be interested in subjects for very long so they have minimal concentration due to short attention spans and they may act out in various ways. Dopamine is responsible for excitement and pleasure. Lacking that (to a certain degree) can cause many problems, especially later in life.

Amphetamines increase the activity of dopamine which in turn greatly helps concentration and other symptoms of ADHD/ADD.
 
Thanks for all of the informative replies, but that brings me to my next question.... Does someone with add/adhd still get the same tweaked feeling from say adderal as a person who uses it recreationally?
 
It depends - when I abused adderal (took more than prescribed, not that it was prescribed to me anyways) I got the tweaked feeling I got from using methamphetamine - euphoric, excited to DO stuff, energy and focus. I'm guessing if I was prescribed adderal (not that I'd go that route) and used it as directed, no, I wouldn't get those same feelings.
 
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