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"Takes Ritalin" and "Has a prescription for Ritalin" are two different things. A friend at Uni in the US said they had to get a locked box for their ADHD meds b

by fao_ 4y ago

"Takes Ritalin" and "Has a prescription for Ritalin" are two different things. A friend at Uni in the US said they had to get a locked box for their ADHD meds because otherwise they would just have been stolen -- and that was at a relatively prestigious University.

rco8786 4y ago
My assumption is that usage would be higher at more prestigious universities
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- amelius 4y ago
  There's this joke about mathematicians turning coffee into proofs, but it might as well be about Ritalin.
  - pizza 4y ago
    Erdös first did mathematics at the age of three, but for the last twenty-five years of his life, since the death of this mother, he put in nineteen-hour days, keeping himself fortified with 10 to 20 milligrams of Benzedrine or Ritalin, strong espresso, and caffeine tablets. ___ "A mathematician," Erdös was fond of saying, "is a machine for tuning coffee into theorems." When friends urged him to slow down, he always had the same response: "There'll be plenty of time to rest in the grave." ___ Erdős's friends worried about his drug use, and in 1979 Graham bet Erdős $500 that he couldn't stop taking amphetamines for a month. Erdős accepted, and went cold turkey for a complete month. Erdős's comment at the end of the month was "You've showed me I'm not an addict. But I didn't get any work done. http://backreaction.blogspot.com/2012/08/erdos-and-amphetamines-check.html http://backreaction.blogspot.com/2012/08/erdos-and-amphetami...
    - user_7832 4y ago
      If I'm not mistaken he said that the bet had set mathematics back by a month.
chiph 4y ago
It's been illegally used as a study aid for at least 2 decades. I had a coworker in the early 2000's say they took it at college and they "were so into Art History" for the 4 hours before the tests.
tayo42 4y ago
I had a friend talk me into snorting some during college to prep for a test lol. I was kind of focused on the book, then i went smoked some weed and the high was odd. Never felt the need to use it again. I drink coffee now if I have something I know I need to be focused on and want to get done in a day and be productive.

by fao_ 4y ago

rco8786 4y ago

My assumption is that usage would be higher at more prestigious universities

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amelius 4y ago
There's this joke about mathematicians turning coffee into proofs, but it might as well be about Ritalin.
- pizza 4y ago
  Erdös first did mathematics at the age of three, but for the last twenty-five years of his life, since the death of this mother, he put in nineteen-hour days, keeping himself fortified with 10 to 20 milligrams of Benzedrine or Ritalin, strong espresso, and caffeine tablets. ___ "A mathematician," Erdös was fond of saying, "is a machine for tuning coffee into theorems." When friends urged him to slow down, he always had the same response: "There'll be plenty of time to rest in the grave." ___ Erdős's friends worried about his drug use, and in 1979 Graham bet Erdős $500 that he couldn't stop taking amphetamines for a month. Erdős accepted, and went cold turkey for a complete month. Erdős's comment at the end of the month was "You've showed me I'm not an addict. But I didn't get any work done. http://backreaction.blogspot.com/2012/08/erdos-and-amphetamines-check.html http://backreaction.blogspot.com/2012/08/erdos-and-amphetami...
  - user_7832 4y ago
    If I'm not mistaken he said that the bet had set mathematics back by a month.

chiph 4y ago

It's been illegally used as a study aid for at least 2 decades. I had a coworker in the early 2000's say they took it at college and they "were so into Art History" for the 4 hours before the tests.

tayo42 4y ago

I had a friend talk me into snorting some during college to prep for a test lol. I was kind of focused on the book, then i went smoked some weed and the high was odd. Never felt the need to use it again. I drink coffee now if I have something I know I need to be focused on and want to get done in a day and be productive.