• havokdj@lemmy.world
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    Amphetamine and methamphetamine are not that similar. Just because a chemical has a similar structure does not mean it is exactly the same. Buproprion is chemically almost exactly the same as ephedrine but have wildly different effects. Adderall is an amphetamine, vyvanse is an amphetamine.

    These other drugs often leave most people feeling like shit, nobody is doing adderrall or these other drugs recreationally. Crystal meth gives you such a ridiculous dopamine rush that you feel like you are on top of the world, like you can conquer anything, but it will give you delusions and eventually that starts to go away.

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      As someone who takes Vyvanse 70mg (lisdexamfetamine) daily, and have smoked meth a few times, they’re quite different. Vyvanse does give you energy, but it doesn’t make you feel ecstatic. To me it just feels like a really strong coffee but I don’t feel like shit and I can sleep at night.

      I’ve been through Vyvanse withdrawals twice, and it sucks, but its nothing like meth withdrawal (I haven’t experienced it myself, but I know people who have). People with a meth addiction are desperate enough to commit crime. Vyvanse withdrawals are so bad, sometimes us neuro-atypicals forget to take our addictive and dangerous drugs.

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        I tried to take vyvanse but I just couldn’t handle it. I’m a stim junkie but vyvanse made me spotty as hell. I’d be awake one moment and borderline asleep, get mood swings. I just don’t take prescriptions anymore.

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          Even if I did, it wouldn’t be a valid experiment. Vyvanse can only be metabolised by digestion. You can’t snort, smoke, shelf or inject it. Vyvance takes more than an hour to start working and lasts 12+ hours, meth is a few minutes and lasts a few hours.

          My point is they are quite different. Vyvanse, by design, is much harder to abuse, and most people don’t want to take it recreationally.

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      “nobody is doing adderrall or these other drugs recreationally” wtf. It’s extremely common to take these recreationally. I’ve done this multiple times, great with alcohol and better with alcohol and weed.

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        If you think adderall is recreational then you have had very limited experience with drugs in your life. Almost everything else that’s scheduled or illegal has a better recreational value.

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          I have a script for methylphenidate, my prescription is tracked and restricted by my governments health authority, I am only able to have 30 days worth every 30 days. If I try to get it ahead of time by a few weeks, they won’t give it to me. My doctor can only give me three months worth of refills per prescription, so I have to get a new script every 3 months.

          It’s still listed as a narcotic.

          Your version of recreation isn’t the same as others, while your recreation may be more extreme, it doesn’t make someone’s “more tame” recreation and recreational use of narcotics in any form, any less recreational.

          I take methylphenidate for the pharmacological benefit, not for recreation, but I could easily offload my meds for other people’s recreation for a profit. I wouldn’t, but I could. Point is, his recreational use isn’t made invalid because it’s not recreational enough in your opinion. If you’re talking drugs that you don’t need for Medical reasons, it’s recreational.

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            prescription is tracked That’s generally how prescriptions work. Keep in mind that just because it is a “narcotic” (I’ll explained why it isn’t a narcotic in a moment) doesn’t mean it is a recreational drug.

            Firstly, adderall is racemic which reduces the fun affects you would actually get from amphetamine. What we call “speed” is R-amphetamine, or amphetamine with R-enatinomers.

            Secondly, narcotics have different definitions on who you ask, one is wildly more accurate than the other. Medically speaking, narcotics refer to opioids and opiates, basically anything psychoactive with numbing or paralyzing attributes. Cocaine doesn’t do this (unless you get a lidocaine cut), yet it is classified as a narcotic (scheduled before they really started doing dirty shit like cutting with things like that). The government however does not classify amphetamines as a narcotic (which they would be correct).

            I must warn you before we go on with this conversation that I have quite a fair bit of experience with CNS stimulants medically and otherwise, it is a subject that I have a large amount of knowledge in.