Top Neuroscientist Explains How Adderall Is Essentially Crystal Meth

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10 points·hardtke··5 comments

Crystal Meth is better (at appropriate dosages and purity levels), as there are less side effects. There's a prescription version (Desoxyn), but it's not commonly prescribed due to it still being extremely addictive (as is Adderall, of course, but maybe not as much).

It's better if you can find a combination of vitamins, minerals, and supplements to help with ADHD-related issues, then add Nuvigil/Modafinil/Adrafinil and/or SEMAX into the mix.

The claim is that adderall and meth are almost identical because the only difference is one has an extra methane group, however it would be absurd to say that methanol and ethanol are almost identical because they also only differ in an extra methane group.

Well they are nearly identical except for the methyl group. Rather, your example illustrates the differences in metabolism that even a small change to a molecule can create within a living system due to enzymatic specificity.

the guy is a "Top Neuroscientist", which apparently means he doesn't have to do menial things like work at the bench.

That said, Adderall == amphetamine salts == amphetamine. I'm surprised that the world needs a Top Neuroscientist to point out that A == A and B == B. Although since he fucked even that trivial point up, maybe we need fewer of them.

To be fair, they're quite similar in their MOA and dopamine receptor sensitivities. Methamphetamine is also prescribed as a treatment for ADHD in the US under the trade name desoxyn in similar milligram dosages to adderall. The main difference is that methamphetamine has lower norepinephrine excitation.

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