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Yeah I can share some thoughts. Graduated with a BCS degree in 2017 for context. I had friends then on all sides of the spectrum (in terms of "study drug" usag
by _fat_santa 5y ago
Yeah I can share some thoughts. Graduated with a BCS degree in 2017 for context.
I had friends then on all sides of the spectrum (in terms of "study drug" usage). Two most common drugs going around were Adderall and Vyvanse. Lot of people took them but I would divide them into 3 groups
* Group 1: These folks are prescribed it, they usually take it as prescribed or cut back their intake so they can sell the excess.
* Group 2: These folks were not prescribed it but took them all the time. Because there are so many people in Group 1 on campus, finding these study drugs was really easy. This group took them for every test, every remotely hard thing, and this was largely the same group that abused them outside of class (don't take an Addy and go drinking, bad things happen)
* Group 3: These folks are also not prescribed it, but they take them very seldomly, usually for finals. I was in this group, taking a handfull over the course of 2-3 semesters as a Junior and Senior. Often times when taking them you're not taking them to "study" or "concentrate" but to just get work done and stay awake.
As someone who took them every now and again, I could never understand how someone could take them regularly or even semi regularly. I had the usual side effects, loss of appetite, feeling like (very awake) zombie, and just the general feeling like you're on a drug bender even though you took just one.
- jkhdigital 5y ago> just the general feeling like you're on a drug bender even though you took just one. As someone who has been on Vyvanse (prescribed) for a few years now, I can say that this feeling definitely goes away eventually. Unless I drink a lot of really strong coffee…