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My First Ritalin Experience
- jzdziarski 17y agoI see you're now blogging in a fit of hyperactivity... and Twitter's down, which must just make your life miserable. Sorry mate ;)
- jamesbritt 17y ago"I’m going try Ritalin for two weeks, and then Adderall for two weeks." I'm skeptical that is enough time with either to get a proper feel for their effects. I've just switched from rit to Adderall; the ramp-up to the regular dosage of Adderall is two weeks. Also, my experience with Ritalin is that it took some time to acclimate. I didn't care for it at first, but the experience improved. (Now, however, it hardly seemed to be doing anything, hence the change.)
- bkovitz 17y agoHow long did it take? The usual story I hear about Ritalin is, "Wow! I took one pill, and in an hour or so, I was in a different world: totally focused, getting my art history homework done, and even caring about it." What kind of "first experience" are the college kids who buy it illegally having?
- jamesbritt 17y ago"How long did it take?" I noticed a change in mental state probably right away, but over time it shifted from hyper-rational to better-focused. The point I was trying to make was that whatever you experience the first few days is likely not going to be what you experience, on average, over the long haul, so "pharm tourism" is not a good way to judge a drug.
- blueben 17y agoOne day is not enough. Two weeks is more than enough.
- embeddedradical 17y agofreakin tweakers. amphetamines may help you energetically do a bunch of mindless tasks, but when it comes to hacking - insight, intuition, and the ability to notice patterns as you go are all very important. these are also the things that diminish with the use of amphetamines. see: http://scienceblogs.com/cortex/2008/12/brain_performance_drugs.php http://scienceblogs.com/cortex/2008/12/brain_performance_dru... and http://scienceblogs.com/cortex/2008/07/the_neuroscience_of_insight.php http://scienceblogs.com/cortex/2008/07/the_neuroscience_of_i... and then google around for more... do more research before messing with your brain like this. there's enough brain-dead yet hyper drones coming out of the younger generations as is.
- mburney 17y agoThe great logician and mathematician, Alfred Tarski, was an amphetamine user. As well as great sci fi writer Philip K. Dick. So, in vulgar Popperian fashion, I declare the theories in your posts to be falsified!
- dablya 17y agoHow do you know those two wouldn't be even better had they not used amphetamines?
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- mburney 17y agoYou are right, I don't know that, so while I can't falsify the anti-amphetamine claim in a rigorous scientific way, I can still point out that not all amphetamine users are spending their late night tweaking sessions on mindless tasks. That should be enough to at least spark some curiosity about the drug having some possible benefits, at least in moderation. I think it comes down to a matter of values, i.e. the long-term constant health of your physical brain vs. the benefit from getting extra bursts of energy to focus on immediate work. Not something science can really answer.
- pie 17y agoI'm not sure why this is here. Someone took methylphenidate for the first time and didn't notice much of an effect? This has happened to other people I know as well. Doctors typically allow a few weeks for brain chemistry adjust to regular doses.