JAHSHUAIn my own experience, stimulants make everything better except for socializing. Their downfall is that they are incredibly addictive and myopic. Take prescribed stimulants long enough and you will become dependent on them. When I say myopic, I mean a laser like focus that can be constricting and unproductive. Your worldview might get smaller and singularly focused. For me, that looked like obsession, manic perfectionism with spreadsheets. As mentioned, Andrew Holson from 4bi9 took adderall and had the same myopic attitude with street skiing.
I was prescribed vyvanse and switched to adderall. Vyvanse releases much more slowly into your blood stream so it has a smoother come up and is supposedly less addictive as a result. I found on either stimulant, I became a highly efficient robot who was no longer interested in people or relationships. That was about after 3 years of use. I still use them and still savor them for work related purposes. But, they do have massive downsides you need to be aware of. Unfortunately, I am completely dependent on them for my career.
As someone else mentioned, be careful about medicating with other drugs to offset the effects. On stimulants, I could drink a fifth unphased, which I often did to help mellow me out. I lost my cognition and memory for awhile as a result. I went cold turkey with all other drugs because in my experience, stimulants do not mix well with anything else, especially hallucinogens. Frankly, they are great party drugs and are easily abused.
Stimulants are very helpful for ADHD, but can very easily be misused, so keep this in mind if you stay medicated OP. That is if you want the best for yourself and your life. It's a slippery and easy slope to the darkside. Take it from someone who was prescribed stimulants, abused them, and went through several years of hell as a result.
Very valid take, really good stuff to consider thank you. I mean I’m still really early in trying this out and everyone’s brain chem is a bit different but sofar I find myself feeling less anxious than usual, I haven’t really felt compulsive at all, I don’t sit in the couch and rot on Instagram reels for 30 minutes between tasks, I have really been on my screens so much less which feels absolutely incredible cuz I’ve been really locked into scrolling before I started medication and it had been making me feel wack, feel a lot more present in my irl settings and my active memory has improved a shit ton which has been quite helpful and I don’t get frustrated with myself. I actually have felt more social and outgoing tbh but everyone is a lil different, I feel a lot more involved in conversations too like I don’t zone out on people mid convo or immediately forget instructions that I’m given.
my adhd is the inattentive type and gets me really zoned out, dull, forgetful, borderline depressed and uninterested feeling most the time and, medication has been eye opening just to see the parts of my personality I have been missing for a good few years.
But definitely yeah, I mean the hardest downer I take is lavender and chamomile tea lmao. I quit alcohol a long ass time ago and I can’t foresee wanting to get back on that. As for weed, it’s been a good 3 months since I smoked, but I only rly smoked once or twice a month ever, and like once a week at the absolute peak frequency a few years ago.
I’m honestly spooked off any other drugs anyways as I’ve watch coke, alcohol, benzos, nicotine, and honestly even generally well regarded stuff like weed and psychedelic use do bad things to friends, family and acquaintances. I am generally afraid of any sort of substance becoming a crutch so I’m being really mindful about my medication as well. I know when I need a break from something I will not hesitate to take it.
But yeah, as I feel things out and see how things are going over time it def seems worth considering with the doc trying out different things that can help me out if the vyvanse doesn’t seem like a good fit for the long term. I ain’t tied to anything
