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I wonder a lot about the role ones individual neurochemistry plays in these kinds of addiction. I've been on stimulants for ADD for years with almost no ill eff
by karmajunkie 10y ago
I wonder a lot about the role ones individual neurochemistry plays in these kinds of addiction. I've been on stimulants for ADD for years with almost no ill effects other than mildly suppressed appetite and trouble sleeping if I take it too late in the morning. I frequently will go for several days without it on vacations, and about once a year I stop taking it for at least a few weeks to kind of reset myself during the holidays. I can't recall ever having had anything like the authors experiences.
Similarly, despite many ill-advised attempts to prove otherwise in my younger days, I can't seem to develop addictions to substances like cigarettes. I can take them or leave them for any period of time.
However, certain kinds of games can become almost compulsive for me if I let myself play them... addiction is a strange beast.
- tschwimmer 10y agoyou might find this interesting: http://www.salon.com/2000/02/07/casual_smoker/ http://www.salon.com/2000/02/07/casual_smoker/
- brazzledazzle 10y agoI've had similar experiences but I do seem to be impacted by minor withdrawal symptoms when I skip days/weeks. Just being mildly lethargic. But the way other people describe the feeling of taking much smaller doses than I do I wonder if I need much more to get equivalent experiences and if that also impacts how dependent I am.
- karmajunkie 10y agoI think it points to a few things. for one thing, the author pointed out several things about herself that I think are probably contraindications (i.e. panic attacks) and it doesn't sound as though she actually had ADHD to begin with. I can't believe anyone would be surprised that absent the condition its intended to treat that something like an amphetamine would have an addictive potential for that subset of people (which may, for all i know, be the majority.)