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> You know what's totally nuts? Taking Amphetamine daily for years in reasonable doses essentially has no long term negative effects. In that way, similar to co

> You know what's totally nuts? Taking Amphetamine daily for years in reasonable doses essentially has no long term negative effects. In that way, similar to coffee. Wow, that is truly amazing. I'm glad to learn about that. I notice a slight depression if I stop taking my ADHD meds for a few days (perhaps up to a week), but after that I'm back to my old (ADHD-driven) self. So in a sense, it's not addictive at all. The depression can tempt one to get back on it, but that's about it. One side effect of Adderall though is ED, and it's pretty bad. I guess it depends on the person, but for me, the ED was quite bad. The ED does go away after getting off of it.

whimsicalism 6y ago
> So in a sense, it's not addictive at all. You definitely have a withdrawal from adderall. A few days (up to a week) is typical of most drug withdrawals.
shajznnckfke 6y ago
> One side effect of Adderall though is ED, and it's pretty bad. I guess it depends on the person, but for me, the ED was quite bad. The ED does go away after getting off of it. The drugs for that are very easy to get these days - you can get a prescription online by taking a survey and the pills will be mailed to you without ever talking to a human.
- olyjohn 6y ago
  They are also ridiculously expensive.
  - shajznnckfke 6y ago
    The big popular ones that advertise (Hims and Roman) are very overpriced. I found Blink Health sells a generic version for much cheaper ($2 a pill).
- winter_blue 6y ago
  Well, the drugs for ED (e.g. Sildenafil) are quite bad / not really good for your health. It's probably a lot better in the long-run to use exercise as a cure for ADHD. (Instead of slamming your system with drugs upon drugs. With one drug taken to mitigate another's side effects, etc.)
olyjohn 6y ago
I had the same problem with Adderall. So I switched to Ritalin and my life has been much better. Adderall also made me constipated, sweaty, unable to sleep... my circulation got so bad my hands would freeze up at my desk, so I would layer on clothes and sit there sweating with frozen hands and feet. I don’t know how the seemingly most popular ADHD drug could give me so many side effects.

whimsicalism 6y ago

> So in a sense, it's not addictive at all. You definitely have a withdrawal from adderall. A few days (up to a week) is typical of most drug withdrawals.

shajznnckfke 6y ago

> One side effect of Adderall though is ED, and it's pretty bad. I guess it depends on the person, but for me, the ED was quite bad. The ED does go away after getting off of it. The drugs for that are very easy to get these days - you can get a prescription online by taking a survey and the pills will be mailed to you without ever talking to a human.

olyjohn 6y ago
They are also ridiculously expensive.
- shajznnckfke 6y ago
  The big popular ones that advertise (Hims and Roman) are very overpriced. I found Blink Health sells a generic version for much cheaper ($2 a pill).
winter_blue 6y ago
Well, the drugs for ED (e.g. Sildenafil) are quite bad / not really good for your health. It's probably a lot better in the long-run to use exercise as a cure for ADHD. (Instead of slamming your system with drugs upon drugs. With one drug taken to mitigate another's side effects, etc.)

olyjohn 6y ago

I had the same problem with Adderall. So I switched to Ritalin and my life has been much better. Adderall also made me constipated, sweaty, unable to sleep... my circulation got so bad my hands would freeze up at my desk, so I would layer on clothes and sit there sweating with frozen hands and feet. I don’t know how the seemingly most popular ADHD drug could give me so many side effects.