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Methylphenidate and cocaine are very very similar, but the nuance is different. It' like a bank account at -1¢ or +1¢, very similar accounts, how will they dif
by daniel-cussen 4y ago
Methylphenidate and cocaine are very very similar, but the nuance is different. It' like a bank account at -1¢ or +1¢, very similar accounts, how will they differ as time passes?
In particular because cocaine is addictive whereas methylphenidate is not. Cocaine is euphoric while methylphenidate is much less, cocaine is arrogant while methylphenidate is just in-the-zone, just makes you want to work. Makes drudgery feel like a video game.
There is also such a thing as an affine cocaine user, like Maradona, Iceberg Slim, and Sherlock Holmes (whose cocaine use was based on a real guy--a fucking freakish detective whose privacy Arthur Conan Doyle protected). These guys actually have an essentially healthy relationship with the drug, and yeah it's rare but it exists and they should be allowed to have it. Or narcoleptics, they're not going to get heart problems, let them.
Or what? If Sherlock Holmes was on your child's abduction case, would you tell him no cocaine injections for the deduction trances? Nah man, you'd tell him go for it. That's legal cocaine. And the best detective of all time! In that case, would you still argue legal cocaine is bad for your child?
Honestly I'm like, methylphenidate can be taken like in high school, for athletic competitions, tests, and writing essays...that's when I would have taken that or similar. Later on parties, that's medically acceptable, and is a medically-accepted partly-recreational use for a part of the supply, which is mostly intended for work.
So one thing, daily methylphenidate reduces adult height about as much as artistic gymnastics, like two inches. Apart from that, like something milder is better...like coffee with whey protein, that's worth 5 milligrams of methylphenidate. There's vyvanse, that's a good one for kids. There's adderall, too strong I'd say, but typically there's adderall deficits and ritalin deficits, never heard of someone being helped by both.
I would say I would have wanted the choice for myself as a kid.
- TrevorJ 4y agoIt certainly can be addictive. "Warnings Ritalin may be habit-forming. Tell your doctor if you have a history of drug or alcohol addiction. Keep the medication where others cannot get to it. Misuse of Ritalin can cause addiction, overdose, or death. Tell your doctor if you have had problems with drug or alcohol abuse." https://www.drugs.com/ritalin.html https://www.drugs.com/ritalin.html
- daniel-cussen 4y agoRight, so that's the recent warning documentation, that's roughly what appears in the packet given with a dose recently, I've seen those packets. Maybe I got them myself, or similar, or others's packets. I read extensively. It used to say roughly: don't crush it and snort it or you will surely get addicted. Meaning, sticking to the doctor's instructions would be fine. That warning is recent.