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I’m blown away by these responses. I took adhd meds and did not get a whiff of a high, but chocolate and even maca I can detect as getting me high. Now I wonde

by svnt 3y ago

I’m blown away by these responses. I took adhd meds and did not get a whiff of a high, but chocolate and even maca I can detect as getting me high. Now I wonder if people with adhd with different etiology are just “treating” it by getting high.

PaulHoule 3y ago
Caffeine is really something, particularly if you don't use it every day. It's the substance that I've experienced the worst dependence and had the hardest time kicking.
- taeric 3y ago
  Caffeine can really be something. It can also be... basically nothing for folks. I am very curious to know if there are larger studies that can quantify some of this. And I emphatically do not mean that some people have tolerances to it. Though, I do expect that a large enough dose will impact anyone. I suspect it is a lot like catnip. I think most people that have had cats have had situations where one of the cats just does not care about the stuff. At all. Versus many cats that get quite an extreme reaction to it.
BriggyDwiggs42 3y ago
Really? First off, are they the stimulant variety? Secondly, was the dosage pretty low? Honestly that is nuts to me; I can’t imagine getting no whiff of a high without taking such a low dose that the meds do nothing.
- skywhopper 3y ago
  Yes, really. It's pretty clear that a lot of people with ADHD have a specific physiology that processes drugs like Adderall very differently.
kjkjadksj 3y ago
People wouldn’t be snorting adderall recreationally if it didn’t get you high
- lazide 3y ago
  People have different brain chemistries. The people snorting it to get high are not the same people taking a prescribed dose and going back to sleep (a common ADHD experience). Many/most folks with ADHD end up having issues skipping doses. One friend (into recreation drugs) took 40mg of Adderall and was wired for a day and a half. Another (prescribed) took 80mg of Adderall and calmed down enough to take a nap. There is no one single human wiring.
  - lamp_book 3y ago
    I only know what I know from a podcast but I think that has a lot more to do with your liver and its enzyme profile than your brain. I know someone who took 90mg a day (I assume it’s higher now) just as a clinical dose - they’ve probably never experienced a recreational dose because it would probably be an obscene-looking amount. THC is like this, too, when ingested. Some people can eat 100mg and barely get a buzz but that dose would knock most people out. Inhalation is a different story - baseline tolerance from person to person doesn’t vary nearly that much (from what I’ve seen) and as far I know the difference is that the liver doesn’t come into play since cannabinoids cross the blood brain barrier on their own.
    - lazide 3y ago
      Huh? Amphetamines are directly absorbed into the brain. That is what Adderall is. The liver eventually removes them, they aren’t responsible for the effect. Both of these folks took them in pill form. Do you mean snorting vs ingesting? Snorting definitely increases uptake yes, but the underlying brain chemistry differences still exist. Easy to find folks who figured out they were ADHD because they did a line of cocaine and almost fell asleep, for instance.
      - 3y ago

by svnt 3y ago

PaulHoule 3y ago

Caffeine is really something, particularly if you don't use it every day. It's the substance that I've experienced the worst dependence and had the hardest time kicking.

taeric 3y ago
Caffeine can really be something. It can also be... basically nothing for folks. I am very curious to know if there are larger studies that can quantify some of this. And I emphatically do not mean that some people have tolerances to it. Though, I do expect that a large enough dose will impact anyone. I suspect it is a lot like catnip. I think most people that have had cats have had situations where one of the cats just does not care about the stuff. At all. Versus many cats that get quite an extreme reaction to it.

BriggyDwiggs42 3y ago

Really? First off, are they the stimulant variety? Secondly, was the dosage pretty low? Honestly that is nuts to me; I can’t imagine getting no whiff of a high without taking such a low dose that the meds do nothing.

skywhopper 3y ago
Yes, really. It's pretty clear that a lot of people with ADHD have a specific physiology that processes drugs like Adderall very differently.

kjkjadksj 3y ago

People wouldn’t be snorting adderall recreationally if it didn’t get you high

lazide 3y ago
People have different brain chemistries. The people snorting it to get high are not the same people taking a prescribed dose and going back to sleep (a common ADHD experience). Many/most folks with ADHD end up having issues skipping doses. One friend (into recreation drugs) took 40mg of Adderall and was wired for a day and a half. Another (prescribed) took 80mg of Adderall and calmed down enough to take a nap. There is no one single human wiring.
- lamp_book 3y ago
  I only know what I know from a podcast but I think that has a lot more to do with your liver and its enzyme profile than your brain. I know someone who took 90mg a day (I assume it’s higher now) just as a clinical dose - they’ve probably never experienced a recreational dose because it would probably be an obscene-looking amount. THC is like this, too, when ingested. Some people can eat 100mg and barely get a buzz but that dose would knock most people out. Inhalation is a different story - baseline tolerance from person to person doesn’t vary nearly that much (from what I’ve seen) and as far I know the difference is that the liver doesn’t come into play since cannabinoids cross the blood brain barrier on their own.
  - lazide 3y ago
    Huh? Amphetamines are directly absorbed into the brain. That is what Adderall is. The liver eventually removes them, they aren’t responsible for the effect. Both of these folks took them in pill form. Do you mean snorting vs ingesting? Snorting definitely increases uptake yes, but the underlying brain chemistry differences still exist. Easy to find folks who figured out they were ADHD because they did a line of cocaine and almost fell asleep, for instance.
    - 3y ago