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As someone who has been on stimulants since they were thirteen, you still only have 6 hours of productive time. You just also have 6 hours of flailing about lik
by fhood 9y ago
As someone who has been on stimulants since they were thirteen, you still only have 6 hours of productive time. You just also have 6 hours of flailing about like a headless chicken. Sure it'll help you with mundane and routine tasks, but not with stuff that requires a ton of brain power.
Edit: What I see a lot of is people who think they are super productive while churning out lines and lines of garbage.
- Eilene 9y agoIf it feels more like flailing now than super productivity, have you stopped taking stimulants (or do you have to because of an attention issue)?
- fhood 9y agoI have to. For me stimulants help me put my six hours of productivity to work. I have pretty severe ADHD.
- __blockcipher__ 9y agoThis is very true. I didn’t realize I had ADHD until after a year of college, but basically the first few days of taking stims are basically borderline hypo manic - you havw (seemingly) limitless enrgy, enthusiasm, confidence, drive. Work is intrinsically fun (although it’s actually extrinsic since it’s drug induced). Then tolerance rears its head and it becomes exactly like you said. For me it takes till I get close to t_max (peak blood concentration) that my day really starts, which is from 1-3 hrs after dosing (closer to 3 for the drugs I take)