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[–] cynar@lemmy.world 8 points 4 months ago (4 children)

It's focused on minimising side effects, unlike speed, which is focused on the high.

When it works, it's amazing. You also don't develop significant tolerances (aka physical addiction) to it, if you have ADHD. It ends up working with your homeostatic systems, rather than against them.

Apparently it is a running job with many specialists. People with ADHD regularly forget to take the "highly addictive" drug.

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[+] SharkWeek@lemmy.blahaj.zone 4 points 4 months ago (1 child)

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[–] cynar@lemmy.world 4 points 4 months ago

Speed has a fairly broad effect on the brain. It sounds like it was helpful to you.

The danger is the difference between ADHD and autism. In ADHD the brain knows it's out of kilter. The drugs work with the homeostasis mechanisms to bring it back into balance. With autism, the homeostatic systems think the brain is fine. It's a social based problem, not a chemical imbalance. Speed then gets into a fight with the homeostatic systems over brain chemistry.

The end result is "chasing the dragon". You use drugs to "fix" your mind, but your body then corrects for it. An ever larger dose is required to maintain the effect you want, leading to addiction and its problems.

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[–] ContactClosure@lemmus.org 1 point 4 months ago (2 children)

Ritalin is amphetamine. Are you saying it's modified amphetamine?

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[–] cynar@lemmy.world 3 points 4 months ago (1 child)

It's in the amphetamine family. It was chosen due to the bias it has with where in the brain it acts. Speed has a different bias that create a different effect.

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[–] ContactClosure@lemmus.org 2 points 4 months ago

I assumed the names were more specific than that. Thanks for explaining.