drugs that make you smart

Post by **SplishSplash** » Sun May 22, 2005 8:47 am

Well, not literally.

See, I have problems to concentrate on school work. I go to enourmous lengths to procrastinate as much as I can, and I can never concentrate on a book for more than 30 minutes.

Now I've heard about such wonderful drugs such as Adderall, plain ol' Ritalin, and Modafinil which supposedly all help to overcome such 'lazyness'.

So my plan is to convince a doctor somehow that I have ADD or something, and take that stuff before and during exams.

Does anybody here have experiences? Good or bad?

Please, don't give me the "don't take drugs because you're lazy" talk, I know all about it. I also know the "don't smoke", "don't drink" and "don't smoke weed" talks. I've dealt with these drugs and came out fine.

Post by **Magnetichead** » Sun May 22, 2005 8:49 am

Yeah take all the work out of concentration.

Let's take some drugs instead! Woohoo!

Post by **+JuggerNaut+** » Sun May 22, 2005 8:55 am

i'm having a tough time thinking about this. i'll get back to you later.

Post by **SplishSplash** » Sun May 22, 2005 10:01 am

I don't see how this is any worse than steroid (ab)use.

Post by **Geebs** » Sun May 22, 2005 10:04 am

Amphetamines don't really help you study, unless you're studying to be a gerbil.

Post by **Massive Quasars** » Sun May 22, 2005 10:13 am

I guess german efficiency isn't what it used to be.

Modafinil is prescribed off-label for ADHD in the US, it was originally intended for use in narcolepsy patients. Apparently you can use modafinil to remain awake and alert for up to 40 hours before the wakeful effects subside. It's pretty safe.

Post by **Massive Quasars** » Sun May 22, 2005 10:17 am

http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/health/4539551.stm

Post by **SplishSplash** » Sun May 22, 2005 10:46 am

Geebs wrote:Amphetamines don't really help you study, unless you're studying to be a gerbil.

I wasn't planning on taking more than 20 mg a day (which, supposedly, is the dose ADD kids get).

I guess I'll just see a doctor and tell him that my allergy meds make me drowsy and try to get some modafinil.

Post by **SplishSplash** » Sun May 22, 2005 10:47 am

Massive Quasars wrote:http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/health/4539551.stm

I'd volunteer as a guinea pig for that.

Post by **SOAPboy** » Sun May 22, 2005 11:00 am

Imipramine

DRs dont like pushing it anymore, but fucking hell it works..

Post by **SplishSplash** » Sun May 22, 2005 11:02 am

SOAPboy wrote:Imipramine

DRs dont like pushing it anymore, but fucking hell it works..

IMIPRAMINE (Tofranil®) is an antidepressant. Imipramine can help to lift your spirits by treating your depression. Imipramine can help children who have a nighttime bed-wetting problem. Generic imipramine tablets are available.

Yeah, I can see how you got that prescription.

Post by **phantasmagoria** » Sun May 22, 2005 11:05 am

omega3

Post by **Massive Quasars** » Sun May 22, 2005 11:05 am

It probably worked in SOAPboy because his depression left him without energy and the will to concentrate on tasks. That's my guess....

Post by **SplishSplash** » Sun May 22, 2005 11:07 am

phantasmagoria wrote:omega3

what would that be?

Post by **Massive Quasars** » Sun May 22, 2005 11:08 am

SplishSplash wrote: what would that be?

Fish Oils. You can buy them in supplement form.

Post by **phantasmagoria** » Sun May 22, 2005 11:10 am

fish oil

about six months ago i started to eat loads of tinned fish like mackral and pilchards because it supposedly helps concentration and depression. It's done both (may just be a placebo; but i don't care - it works)

They feed it to school kids in pills.

Post by **SplishSplash** » Sun May 22, 2005 11:14 am

I eat lots of tuna already.

Post by **Pext** » Sun May 22, 2005 11:37 am

paul erdos [air-dish], the most ingenious mathematician of the 20th century, was doing mathematics 18h a day for the last 10-20 years of his life (he became 77 i think).
however - he used caffeine and benzedrine, some sort of amphetamine, to maintain his level of skill.

Post by **Magnetichead** » Sun May 22, 2005 11:40 am

SplishSplash wrote:I eat lots of tuna already.

Enjoy your mercury poisoning.

Post by **SplishSplash** » Sun May 22, 2005 11:54 am

Magnetichead wrote: Enjoy your mercury poisoning.

GTFO of my thread.

Post by **Turbanator** » Sun May 22, 2005 12:32 pm

lol, irony is i should be revising and not reading this thread.

Post by **Massive Quasars** » Sun May 22, 2005 12:37 pm

Pext wrote:paul erdos [air-dish], the most ingenious mathematician of the 20th century, was doing mathematics 18h a day for the last 10-20 years of his life (he became 77 i think).
however - he used caffeine and benzedrine, some sort of amphetamine, to maintain his level of skill.

You sure he wasn't mathematically inclined to begin with?

Post by **Pext** » Sun May 22, 2005 12:57 pm

sure he was. he discovered negative numbers just by himself at the age of 5. and the the age of 18 he published an elemental (without the use of higher mathematics aka calculus) proof for the existance of a prime p , n<p<2n for every n. a problem that had allready been researched some hundred years and was only solved using very complex methods 10 years before his elemental proof.

he was just not working 18h before.

i recommend you to read his biography - it is really is a good book. it's called 'the man who loved only numbers'

Post by **Massive Quasars** » Sun May 22, 2005 1:00 pm

I'll consider it. Thanks.

Splish, have you ever tried Yerba Mate?

Post by **4days** » Sun May 22, 2005 1:35 pm

Massive Quasars wrote:Splish, have you ever tried Yerba Mate?

coca tea's really nice as well, both a bit tricky to get outside s. america.

i used to know a bunch of students that took a lot of stimulants, some of which said it was to help them study - so, granted this opinion is based on watching people speed, rather than anything sciencey - but it seemed like stimulants were better for going over info you already know and pulling it together, rather than taking on new stuff.