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“I want to play ball. I want to run around with my friends. I want to do fun things. This sucks. And they'll tell you you need to get on Ritalin. You know, they'll say, Billy can't concentrate. Billy doesn't know how to count. I completely... Because I think to that point, exactly. Friends of mine have said, like, Ross, you have definitely traits of ADHD.”
“And just to summarize, there is, of course, Adderall, Ritalin, Vivance, Modafinil, R. Modafinil, a number of different compounds, all of which generally increase dopamine transmission in the brain, so increasing dopamine, and all of which generally increase epinephrine, adrenaline transmission in the brain and body.”
“And that's one of the reasons why, somewhat paradoxically, giving a stimulant like Ritalin or Adderall to a kid that legitimately needs it, obviously you don't want to do this without the oversight and careful evaluation of a psychiatrist.”
“and more distractible overall. After all, Ritalin, modafinil, armodafinil, all these things are stimulants. So you take a kid who has attention deficit hyperactivity disorder and give them these drugs that increase transmission of dopamine and epinephrine, you'd think, wow, it's going to make them even more distractible and hyperactive.”
“I mean, I have multiple examples of this. There's a great study out of WashU, and this is wild, where they compare Ritalin and other stimulants, but mostly Ritalin, to a good night's sleep for kids' ability to focus. It turns out these kids with ADHD taking these drugs, what they're really getting is the equivalent of a good night's sleep.”
“ends or both one is to ramp up the level of those chemicals that's what things like adderall vivance ritalin and so on do a study this last year out of washington university in st.”
“call Harvard the wash you of the East showed that when you compare the attention improving effects of Ritalin to a great night's sleep they're they're effectively equal hmm some of these stimulants we know blunt stunt growth excuse me they stunt growth we we know this okay they limit”
“I find those studies fascinating, especially given the fact that so many people take stimulants. You know, whereas a few years ago, there were some people taking Adderall, Ritalin, and most 90% of adults drink caffeine worldwide. I mean, it's incredible. Now, nicotine is everywhere.”
“They're not really thinking about it. And there's similar data from other stimulants too. So, there was a paper that came out in Science a couple of years ago giving people methylphenidate, some of the, or some of the other like ADHD medications in people who don't have ADHD. These stimulant medications again show this dissociation between, so they feel great.”
“And she said, I have helped thousands of patients, including kids, for years with Adderall, Vyvanse, Ritalin, and I've successfully helped them manage this disease. And I said, OK, well, since you said you've helped thousands of kids with Vyvanse, Ritalin, and Adderall, what were you using that to treat?”