Thoughts on Ritalin.

Flightofthe · 2016-01-19T05:43:18+00:00

If you have a disorder and your doctor is recommending it then follow your doctor's advice.

If you have other motivations then carefully weigh the cost/benefits. To often people try to find an easy way and pay for it in the long run (dependence)

Finding the easy way is not Red Pill. Working hard over time and delayed gratification is.

Praeda18 · 2016-01-21T00:53:11+00:00

I'll weigh in on this one.

Diagnosed with ADHD as a child and have had to take amphetamines for the majority of my life however have been off them for the past 4 years now as I've learnt to cope with my brain being the way it is and using that to my advantage.

Dextroamphetamine, Ritalin, Concerta, Adderall, Modivigil. All of them allow my brain to be more relaxed and concentrate on whatever task I'm doing without getting distracted by something around me but regardless of whether or not you have ADD/ADHD or not all, of this bar Modivigil (which is more of a Nootropic minus the brain blast), will turn you into a zombie.

Amphetamines sap your motivation, they'll massively reduce your appetite, you'll become compliant and quite apathetic towards most things, including your work but you'll do the work anyway. It'll also give you slight insomnia until you adjust to taking it and when you come back up off it, you feel human again.

On the flip side however, you're going to finish whatever task you're doing with flying colours, hyper-focus, you might be a little frantic/experience feelings of panic due to your heart beat speeding up.

Much better to find natural ways to help yourself study like incense candles or the sound/smell of rain. Reward yourself for doing study so you stay motivated to keep doing it, whatever works really.

Amphetamines will fuck your shit up, and they give this stuff to kids too, it's disgusting.

JimFury · 2016-01-19T05:38:44+00:00

In general the side effects of drugs like this are worse than the benefits.

Profanitys · 2016-01-19T08:09:42+00:00

Hell yes for studying it is awesome, but don't get into a habit of taking it for every little thing. Even though it's not an amphetamine it is still powerful stuff if not handled with care.

osheninja2 · 2016-01-19T07:00:59+00:00

Long story short don't fuck with amphetamines. There's similar you can use, and I'll tell you my experiences with them in pm if you wish

Title	Thoughts on Ritalin.
Author	ImParadox
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Date	January 19, 2016 5:30 AM UTC (10 years ago)
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