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I don't have any recent first hand experience with Adderall use, are we honestly at a point where those taking it are treated as crack addicts? My understandin

I don't have any recent first hand experience with Adderall use, are we honestly at a point where those taking it are treated as crack addicts? My understanding has always been that plenty of people use it, and if anything that is over prescribed. What exactly have you seen that's so bad it's being treated similar to a schedule 2 narcotic?

Paul-Craft 4y ago
Adderall is a schedule 2 drug.
- _heimdall 4y ago
  Well that I really should have fact checked first, could have sworn it was schedule 3! Societally aive never noticed adderall having the same stigma as crack, but I gotta say I'm pretty surprised it's schedule 2 (or 2N, I don't see any details on what the N distinction means). Guess the question is whether a person really is at as high a risk for dependence when on Adderall vs. opiods and other schedule 2s.
  - Paul-Craft 4y ago
    If you want to see how people on ADHD stimulants get treated by doctors, read this: https://slatestarcodex.com/2017/12/28/adderall-risks-much-more-than-you-wanted-to-know/ https://slatestarcodex.com/2017/12/28/adderall-risks-much-mo... It's a bit of a long read, but it's very good. The author is a psychiatrist who deals with this sort of thing frequently. I can't really comment on the relative risk of dependence for Adderall vs opioids, except from my personal experience. A real addict probably wouldn't even (literally) get out of bed in order to take my daily dose of Adderall (25 mg XR). I've been taking it for almost 10 years now, and in that time, I've had one dosage increase, from 20 to 25 mg. I've accidentally taken it twice in a day, and I can say with certainty that I do not enjoy the experience when that happens. I honestly can't fathom how anyone would want to take the kinds of doses that addicts take. It's not a fun drug at all, as far as I can tell. If I didn't have to take it to function somewhat normally, I wouldn't take it at all.

Paul-Craft 4y ago

Adderall is a schedule 2 drug.

_heimdall 4y ago
Well that I really should have fact checked first, could have sworn it was schedule 3! Societally aive never noticed adderall having the same stigma as crack, but I gotta say I'm pretty surprised it's schedule 2 (or 2N, I don't see any details on what the N distinction means). Guess the question is whether a person really is at as high a risk for dependence when on Adderall vs. opiods and other schedule 2s.
- Paul-Craft 4y ago
  If you want to see how people on ADHD stimulants get treated by doctors, read this: https://slatestarcodex.com/2017/12/28/adderall-risks-much-more-than-you-wanted-to-know/ https://slatestarcodex.com/2017/12/28/adderall-risks-much-mo... It's a bit of a long read, but it's very good. The author is a psychiatrist who deals with this sort of thing frequently. I can't really comment on the relative risk of dependence for Adderall vs opioids, except from my personal experience. A real addict probably wouldn't even (literally) get out of bed in order to take my daily dose of Adderall (25 mg XR). I've been taking it for almost 10 years now, and in that time, I've had one dosage increase, from 20 to 25 mg. I've accidentally taken it twice in a day, and I can say with certainty that I do not enjoy the experience when that happens. I honestly can't fathom how anyone would want to take the kinds of doses that addicts take. It's not a fun drug at all, as far as I can tell. If I didn't have to take it to function somewhat normally, I wouldn't take it at all.