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He was also on amphetamines constantly. If I was on amphetamine all the time I’d get a lot accomplished as well.

smabie 6y ago
From experience, surprisingly, no. It helps if you do it occasionally but when done regularly and at high doses, I ended up just getting cracked out and becoming.. for lack of a better word, kind of crazy. They are good for essays though.
- Godel_unicode 6y ago
  Not sure what this tells us, we now have two anecdotes. The plural of anecdote not being data, I think it's dangerous to draw any kind of conclusion from these data points.
  - misterkrabs 6y ago
    Made me laugh but you have a good point, really. Something less anecdotal: it's easier to ignore hunger.
    - sillysaurusx 6y ago
      There's also a massive difference in what exactly you're doing. Adderall != speed != Vyvanse, and different brands of Adderall have different effects. You can find a detailed list here: https://astralcodexten.substack.com/p/know-your-amphetamines https://astralcodexten.substack.com/p/know-your-amphetamines (My own experience is limited to various brands of Adderall, Core Pharma being the worst, before settling on Teva for many years now. Having a good doctor who watches out for your health is important, and it's part of what helped me find a winning combination.)
barry-cotter 6y ago
I encourage you to perform the experiment. Speed is like coffee in that it can move productivity and energy around but it has limited effects on the quantity of either.
JonathanFly 6y ago
>He was also on amphetamines constantly. If I was on amphetamine all the time I’d get a lot accomplished as well. He started taking them in 1971, because he was depressed. He was 58 years old at the time and had been extremely productive for his whole career before that too.
vasco 6y ago
A man tries to lift a large heavy rock blocking a road and can't. He waits around for hours and when finally some travellers arrive he declares that none of them will be able to lift it, it's an impossibly heavy rock. One of the travellers lifts the rock and everyone is pleased they can move on, but not before the original man shouts: "I'd have done it myself if only I tried hard enough."

From experience, surprisingly, no. It helps if you do it occasionally but when done regularly and at high doses, I ended up just getting cracked out and becoming.. for lack of a better word, kind of crazy. They are good for essays though.

Godel_unicode 6y ago
Not sure what this tells us, we now have two anecdotes. The plural of anecdote not being data, I think it's dangerous to draw any kind of conclusion from these data points.
- misterkrabs 6y ago
  Made me laugh but you have a good point, really. Something less anecdotal: it's easier to ignore hunger.
  - sillysaurusx 6y ago
    There's also a massive difference in what exactly you're doing. Adderall != speed != Vyvanse, and different brands of Adderall have different effects. You can find a detailed list here: https://astralcodexten.substack.com/p/know-your-amphetamines https://astralcodexten.substack.com/p/know-your-amphetamines (My own experience is limited to various brands of Adderall, Core Pharma being the worst, before settling on Teva for many years now. Having a good doctor who watches out for your health is important, and it's part of what helped me find a winning combination.)

barry-cotter 6y ago

I encourage you to perform the experiment. Speed is like coffee in that it can move productivity and energy around but it has limited effects on the quantity of either.

JonathanFly 6y ago

>He was also on amphetamines constantly. If I was on amphetamine all the time I’d get a lot accomplished as well. He started taking them in 1971, because he was depressed. He was 58 years old at the time and had been extremely productive for his whole career before that too.

vasco 6y ago

A man tries to lift a large heavy rock blocking a road and can't. He waits around for hours and when finally some travellers arrive he declares that none of them will be able to lift it, it's an impossibly heavy rock. One of the travellers lifts the rock and everyone is pleased they can move on, but not before the original man shouts: "I'd have done it myself if only I tried hard enough."