Recreational stimulants medications don't substitute for ADHD medications. You can always find anecdotes from people who think they're going to use some street

Recreational stimulants medications don't substitute for ADHD medications. You can always find anecdotes from people who think they're going to use some street drug as a substitute for ADHD medication, but it always ends poorly. Proper ADHD treatment requires stable dosing. It's impossible to dose street drugs accurately due to the varying quality and different "cuts". Even with precise measuring, a person could end up dosing twice as much from one batch to the next. I browse recreational drug forums occasionally to see what people are doing these days. Even the recreational drug users on Reddit will readily admit that trying to use research chemicals or street drugs for therapeutic purposes is a dead end. It just results in abuse-style patterns as people chase the high and subsequently crash. If people are really struggling, the real solution is to try methylphenidate or the various non-stimulant ADHD options. The non-stimulant options aren't as "fun" and can take a few weeks to kick in, but they beat the stimulants for a lot of people who have the foresight to try them and stick with it. They also seem to be much less prone to tolerance over time.