Drinking a Glass of Wine While Studying

[Nano-Passion]

Too much Ritalin can make one psychotic.

Really? And how much is too much?

 

[lisab]

Really? And how much is too much?

See that sandworm coming through your wall? OK then, you've had too much.

 

[Nano-Passion]

See that sandworm coming through your wall? OK then, you've had too much.

lmao! Well I've never tried it , though a couple of my friends who took it (adderall) on occasion make it sound as a magic pill. I wonder how it really affects the chemistry of the brain and to what extent it impacts your study.

 

[netgypsy]

the "drugs of choice" for academics are caffeine which does work unless you're really stressed out, ritalin and provigil (modofinil). An ADHD adult family member says provigil is totally amazing. There is no UP or DOWN with it which there is with caffeine.

Caffeine also makes many people very very irritable and short tempered. I had a student do a study on it and he took 1 no doz which is supposed to be 1 cup of coffee, every 4 hours during the day and he said by the end of the week he was ready to bite everyone's head off or hit them. He was really astonished by just how short tempered he was when he took it.

There seems to be none of this with provigil (which is related chemically to the amphetamines) , no hyperactivity, and no "down" effect which there is also from caffeine. Again many people I know will get depressed after an all day caffeine intake wears off. The family member who took provigil said for the first time in his life, now in early middle age, he was able to sit down and write a paper with no delay, no flitting around doing everything but the work he needed to do. He wrote 55 3 page papers in a couple of days, had no trouble sleeping, took the prescribed amount from his doctor and noticed no problems when he stopped taking them after all his work was turned in for his masters. (He doesn't need it for the normal work he does and it's a bit pricey)

The ONE MAJOR CAVEAT with provigil is you DO NOT TAKE IT IF YOU ARE SLEEP DEPRIVED. It will give you hallucinations like the sandworm coming out of the wall. So it's great to help you concentrate IF you've had enough sleep. it's expensive and if you can tolerate the bad temper and possible depression, caffeine does work well for many people. The same family member used it to get through college but had the bad side effects of ill temper and depression from caffeine. Plus of course if you take caffeine in the afternoon or evening it will generally interfere with your sleep unless you are really relaxed with no worries. Then it doesn't.

If you're ADD/ADHD or do shift work or have jet lag you can get a prescription for provigil but you won't get it to study for a physics test

The same ADHD family member did try ritalin and several other drugs used for ADHD but said the side effects were not worth taking them as caffeine worked better with side effects not being any worse.

Ginko is interesting and my uncle took it regularly until he died at 98 still in complete control of his faculties. He died from melanoma on his ear from too much golf/sun. So I'd be most interested in other experience with ginko.