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[-] [email protected] 12 points 1 year ago

Years of experimenting on myself would disagree. Caffeine makes me jittery, scattered, and kind of an a-hole in regular amounts. When it comes to coffee, my sweet spot is a single mug of 1/10 caf.

Not all stimulants are the same. If they were, Ritalin and Adderall would be interchangeable. But many people, including me, find that only one of those two prescription stims works.

I'm really curious whether the any of the study participants actually had ADHD. I'm gonna bet they were all NTs.

[-] [email protected] 3 points 1 year ago

Yeah. I can't stand myself on Adderall or Ritalin - only dextroamphetamine works (and my lil brother is the same way). Caffeine is a sedative for me and does nothing for my dad - he can drink it at any time of the day and not have issues with sleeping or anxiety. There are definitely some metabolism issues that probably affect everyone but are particularly problematic for people who need stimulants of one form or another to function in society.

[-] [email protected] 2 points 1 year ago

I have similar experiences. I find the Levoamphetamine in Adderall is less helpful that just pure dextroamphetamine

Adderall is a mixture of amphetamine salts, which have different chiralities (left handed vs right handed) Levoamphetamine is the left handed version and dextroamphetamine is the right handed version.

Dextro is the main one and the more active of the two. When I take formulations with levo i seem to have more side effects and headaches.

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