Vyvanse

“Lower dose, right? Yeah. This was years ago on this podcast, we looked at the whole ADHD thing and the effects of these drugs on ADHD. And like parents who get a great effect of an Adderall or a Vyvanse for their kid that couldn't focus. I have friends with a kid like this, and they're just like, it's remarkable, but they're worried about the reduced growth effects.”

“Yeah. And we don't know what addicts are taking exactly, but yeah, I mean, Adderall is amphetamine. Vyvanse is amphetamine. I actually have a, forgive me for referencing the book too many times. It'd be great if people want to read it, but that's not my goal here is to constantly reference it. But there's a long section on all stimulants, caffeine, nicotine, Adderall, Vyvanse, modafinil,”

“by pushing on one of two ends or both. One is to ramp up the level of those chemicals. That's what things like Adderall, Vyvanse, Ritalin, and so on do. A study this last year out of Washington University in St. Louis, sort of the Harvard of the Midwest, if you will, although I think that's unfair to the Midwest,”

“and we want to tranquilize children, or we want to speed up their nervous system with Ritalin or Vyvanse or Adderall. And in order to solve which is what we call a chemical imbalance, which is a nutrient deficiency. The vast majority of people with that gene mutation need a very specific form of B12, you may want to write this down, called hydroxycobalamin.”

“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?”

“And what did you use to treat them? She said, Ritalin. I said, have you ever read the package insert for Ritalin? Because the first line on the third paragraph for Ritalin, Vyvanse and Adderall read exactly this. The mechanism of action of this medication is unknown.”