There are so many kinds of chemical stimulants why are amphetamines the thing ADHD patients need?
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One thing I haven’t seen anyone mention is that Wellbutrin (Bupropion) is an anti depressant with a similar action to cocaine and currently I am using it to treat my depression and my adhd (far less effective than amphetamines for adhd but better than nothing and less heavy side effects)
I would say there are probably no cocaine-like drugs prescribed specifically to treat adhd for the reasons pointed out by others, wellbutrin is better at mood-boosting than focus, it just helps ME with both. I still need amphetamines to do paperwork.
Sure they are chemically very different but Cocaine and Bupropion are both Norepinephrine and Dopamine re-uptake inhibitors. Wellbutrin just lasts much longer so it is medically useful and it doesn’t come with a crash. It is even abused in lue of cocaine in some places (don’t do this, it is designed to not be an abusable drug, it will fuck you up)
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