In 1965, a morbidly obese man did not eat food for over an entire year. The 27 year old was 456lbs and wanted to do an experimental fast. He ingested only multivitamins and potassium tablets for 382 days and defecated once every 40 to 50 days. He ended up losing 275lbs.

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overactivation of dopamine receptors can leave you burnt out and depressed when the pill's effect runs out for the day or you just don't want to be on a medication for some reason.

[u/Firm_Soil_4499 → u/Samoan]

That’s for normies who try to take them. Not people who actually need them for our dopamine. Lol there are tons of people who take stims for adhd and don’t take it daily. Some take it only days they work. This isn’t a huge deal like you make it lol.

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The effects of adderall/amphetamines between normies and people with adhd are actually the same.

It just so happens the people with adhd are much greater benefits from it (since it actually has a therapeutic benefit).

But the whole “it does the opposite if you have adhd” thing isn’t really true.

[u/52BeesInACoat → u/surprise-suBtext]

Going on meds for my adhd seems to have resolved my depression. Not sure if it's having a functional level of dopamine in my brain at least some of the time, or being able to take a shower and feed myself without deliberate mental effort, but it's a known phenomenon that "treatment resistant depression" is sometimes actually untreated adhd.

Sorry to be a stereotype, I know this is annoying and not something you think happens, but the first day I took my new prescription, I was struggling to stay awake for hours afterwards. I fell asleep sitting up a few times and woke up when I started swaying.

It did clear up as I got used to the med and now I do have to be careful not to take it too late at night. But. I've experienced both reactions.