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R.L. Kramer
เข้าร่วมเมื่อ 4 ก.พ. 2014
History and origin of Adderall/Amphetamines/ADHD Medication
#adhdmedication #pharmacology #adderall
Here is a more comprehensive and fun look at the origin and history of the most popular treatment for ADHD, Adderall. This is a fascinating history and I think anyone who is on ADHD meds, or rather, anyone who has ADHD or is curious about it should know about this history. Its all part of a bigger picture. Let me know what you make of the windy path amphetamines took to get to ADHD.
I do not advise the taking of or abstaining of ADHD medications for anyone but myself. Everyone has the sovereignty to make those choices on their own behalf and I think those choices should be informed and I hope that the information I have compiled may serve as some of the information for those choices, but do not do what I do, do what you do.
This is for you, @buzzries2040
My original video on the topic - th-cam.com/video/NFsmg2p6wtg/w-d-xo.htmlsi=BQxc12yl6HLUSo8L
Please, if this was of any value, subscribe so I can hopefully monetize this channel so the amount of work I do can be supported outside of the nooks and crannies of early mornings and late nights.
Read my book for free/ substack - rlkramer.substack.com/p/i-am-giving-away-1000-digital-copies
My website - rlkramer.us/
Socials - rlkramer.us/link-in-bio/
Buy a paperback/leave an amazon review - www.amazon.com/dp/B0C5QDY71D
Leave a review on Goodreads - www.goodreads.com/book/show/199329024-hocus-focus
Read On Speed - www.amazon.com/Speed-Benzedrine-Adderall-Nicolas-Rasmussen/dp/0814776396
Sources:
www.creative-biolabs.com/drug-discovery/therapeutics/rodent-amphetamine-model-of-schizophrenia.htm
publications.aap.org/pediatrics/article-abstract/99/6/922/75371/Medication-for-Children-With-Attention-Disorders?redirectedFrom=fulltext
th-cam.com/video/KpzVPPCofich/w-d-xo.htmlttps://www.beachhouserehabcenter.com/adderall-abuse-in-men-versus-women/
www.britannica.com/topic/Adderall
www.drugabuse.gov/publications/drugfacts/prescription-stimulants
www.mayoclinic.org/drugs-supplements/adderall-oral-route/description/drg-20068210
www.sciencehistory.org/stories/magazine/fast-times-the-life-death-and-rebirth-of-amphetamine/
fherehab.com/learning/amphetamine-history
ajph.aphapublications.org/doi/pdf/10.2105/AJPH.2007.110593
www.researchgate.net/profile/Nicolas-Rasmussen/publication/7284074_Making_the_First_Anti-Depressant_Amphetamine_in_American_Medicine_1929-1950/links/0f4107b261bc88f73c71d4f6/Making-the-First-Anti-Depressant-Amphetamine-in-American-Medicine-1929-1950.pdf
www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2453288/
www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3000907/
th-cam.com/video/7HMM7cKAHoE/w-d-xo.html
Chapters:
0:00 - What is Adderall - How does it work
0:56 - Intro
01:39 - Adderall v. Meth
02:17 - Khat
03:30 - Tea and Spices
04:46 - The invention of amphetamines
08:20 - The many lives of amphetamines
18:20 - Speed freaks/ Controlled substances
21:09 - ADHD
22:38 - Addiction
27:14 - Outro, get the book
Here is a more comprehensive and fun look at the origin and history of the most popular treatment for ADHD, Adderall. This is a fascinating history and I think anyone who is on ADHD meds, or rather, anyone who has ADHD or is curious about it should know about this history. Its all part of a bigger picture. Let me know what you make of the windy path amphetamines took to get to ADHD.
I do not advise the taking of or abstaining of ADHD medications for anyone but myself. Everyone has the sovereignty to make those choices on their own behalf and I think those choices should be informed and I hope that the information I have compiled may serve as some of the information for those choices, but do not do what I do, do what you do.
This is for you, @buzzries2040
My original video on the topic - th-cam.com/video/NFsmg2p6wtg/w-d-xo.htmlsi=BQxc12yl6HLUSo8L
Please, if this was of any value, subscribe so I can hopefully monetize this channel so the amount of work I do can be supported outside of the nooks and crannies of early mornings and late nights.
Read my book for free/ substack - rlkramer.substack.com/p/i-am-giving-away-1000-digital-copies
My website - rlkramer.us/
Socials - rlkramer.us/link-in-bio/
Buy a paperback/leave an amazon review - www.amazon.com/dp/B0C5QDY71D
Leave a review on Goodreads - www.goodreads.com/book/show/199329024-hocus-focus
Read On Speed - www.amazon.com/Speed-Benzedrine-Adderall-Nicolas-Rasmussen/dp/0814776396
Sources:
www.creative-biolabs.com/drug-discovery/therapeutics/rodent-amphetamine-model-of-schizophrenia.htm
publications.aap.org/pediatrics/article-abstract/99/6/922/75371/Medication-for-Children-With-Attention-Disorders?redirectedFrom=fulltext
th-cam.com/video/KpzVPPCofich/w-d-xo.htmlttps://www.beachhouserehabcenter.com/adderall-abuse-in-men-versus-women/
www.britannica.com/topic/Adderall
www.drugabuse.gov/publications/drugfacts/prescription-stimulants
www.mayoclinic.org/drugs-supplements/adderall-oral-route/description/drg-20068210
www.sciencehistory.org/stories/magazine/fast-times-the-life-death-and-rebirth-of-amphetamine/
fherehab.com/learning/amphetamine-history
ajph.aphapublications.org/doi/pdf/10.2105/AJPH.2007.110593
www.researchgate.net/profile/Nicolas-Rasmussen/publication/7284074_Making_the_First_Anti-Depressant_Amphetamine_in_American_Medicine_1929-1950/links/0f4107b261bc88f73c71d4f6/Making-the-First-Anti-Depressant-Amphetamine-in-American-Medicine-1929-1950.pdf
www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2453288/
www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3000907/
th-cam.com/video/7HMM7cKAHoE/w-d-xo.html
Chapters:
0:00 - What is Adderall - How does it work
0:56 - Intro
01:39 - Adderall v. Meth
02:17 - Khat
03:30 - Tea and Spices
04:46 - The invention of amphetamines
08:20 - The many lives of amphetamines
18:20 - Speed freaks/ Controlled substances
21:09 - ADHD
22:38 - Addiction
27:14 - Outro, get the book
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I wasn't looking for this video or anything like it when I found it. I didn't know it was a lack of serotonin and endorphins that made me feel angry and unmotivated the times I have tried to stop taking this drug. God bless you man! For the first time I truly believe I can beat this dependency. I know I can.
I'm curious. Did this person take Adderall because of adhd? Or just Adderall by itself?
@@joyuming8365 hi. I was diagnosed adhd and my pills were accessed through prescription
Just finished your book Hocus Focus and read while listening with your music playlist. Thank you. It was a difficult read because it hit so close to home - like the cabin story. It made me reflective of my own life where I probably aren’t the best person off the pills. I wonder how the same confidence and motivation to do anything can be a thing without them. I find it hard to be interested in my study and career path, I wonder if sober, there is a natural way to get the right mindset. I had more of it in the past even while sober call it a growth mindset, but the relationship with the pills got a bit out of hand as of late I’m even forgetting who I am deep down. Great book, would love to chat with you more one day, seemed like reading a story of an older brother hopefully that isn’t weird lol
Thank you so much for reading. You have no idea how much it means to know that someone has appreciated the work. I am so glad we could share the experience through the medium of non-fiction literature. I am on a good path now without meds (Home renovations not writing and TH-cam) and sobriety takes a long time (years) to really kick in, so be patient and hardworking if you choose this path. Feel free to reach out anytime. So glad you read and enjoyed it (the playlist too). If you ever feel compelled to leave a review (on amazon or Goodreads) it could help a reader like you choose to read it as well and could really help (no pressure though). Thanks so much (really).
Just be very careful with taking Any Herbs, Teas or Holistic meds with ' Head's Meds. They are not regulated by The FDA, Big Farms. And they counter-act with Psyche Meds. God Bless All Of Us Who Are Sick.❤
God bless you. You touched my heart.
Bless you too.
I was prescribed Adderall / Vyvanse at a higher dose than most likely anyone on earth I would bet. I know these types of videos are out here but it's hard for me to watch. those years were torture.. I can't believe I let myself be so gullible and naïve but needless to say I am not the same. I was once a creative energetic dude. Now I feel like a bag of bones.. this stuff eats away at every part of your mind, body and life. Maybe one day ill do a video of my insane story. This video was inspiring but maybe I should put it out in case it saves one kid from destroying their live with this junk. There is no short cuts in life. there is no secret pill to give you an edge. Thanks man. great vid
I have had other friends who went through it and have mentioned my book was to PTSD for them to digest. I get it. It's kind of easier sometimes to not relive it over and over and shit - I definitely did and suffered the consequences and learning the history definitely provides context for anger. Creativity comes back slow but sure and the pace at which projects come out is slower, but more careful and with better intention behind them - that's at least my experience. I hope this work helps and let me know if you ever decide to share your story
I ran out of my adderall last week because of shortage and I am so tired. If I sit still for too long I’ll pass out. It’s crazy how sleepy I am.
Im wondering if you took any supplements to help your withdrawal? I have found certain supplements make the difference between hell on earth and just being uncomfortable.
@@BuzzBoar I did. I talk about it some in this video MANAGE ADD WITHOUT MEDS - 12 WAYS I DO IT th-cam.com/video/zl13rBJkgMg/w-d-xo.html
Thank you I've been on ampheta-dextro for one year now. And I'm reconsidering. Although I've enjoyed going from 242 lbs to 192 lbs 😂 don't want to lose that
I had never take aderall x.x
Too tired of typing too much on all the other videos
99 percent correct on the list. Checked the boxes !
Great video. Set changes are fire! Want to do this with my videos lol.
Ian! Glad you liked it. Videos like this take a lot of time and inversely I am inspired by you to just rattle them off the dome.
Thank you. I will avoid meds. Good video. All the best sir.
Omg . Yapper
Lol
Biggest problem is the impulsiveness and behavior. I find that supplementing with zinc and iron, while taking magnesium at night really made me more in control, for those who are trying to experiment and find their therapeutic effects but have no selr control.
Thanks for the supplement suggestions. All about finding what works for us as individuals
You have put words to the feelings I am so familiar with and afraid of… and you’ve done it beautifully. The best part is now having something to express to other people what I am afraid of. Thank you for that. 🙏❤️
Thank you for this comment.
just stop taking it. move on, find new hobbies. i know this is hard to hear but really its all it boils down to. if u want a shaman route use salvia divinorum but 99.9% of people are unfortunately too close minded to try anything our ancient ancestors used
Dude you need to try microdosing LSD. You will never get a more zen like focus with anything else. It is the perfect drug. Get over the hangup with man made chemicals. Shrooms don't do shit for ADHD.
I’ve been doing nothing lately and that’s been really interesting. Still a cup of coffee. I’ll be totally honest with you that I did lsd quite a few times many years ago and the second to last time I did, a voice told me to not to acid ever again and then I ended up trying to microdose it a year or so later and that voice was like “SERIOUSLY DO NOT DO THIS” so I just don’t mess with that stuff.
Excellent video!! 👊 Thank you for all the information, it's crazy how these pills control our lives and the doctor never tells us what it would be like if we stop... My Dr prescribed me adds for weight loss...little did I know they would rearrange my entire brain. It's a nightmare going thru withdrawal☠️ I'm a month in. I'm so glad I found your channel, it's a huge help. Thank you so much. ❤
his answer ...just don't have ADHD !
@@agaragar21 I have ADHD. I just try to not make it my entire identity or a reason to use stimulants. In a way you’re right. I try to not fall into my worst patterns. It doesn’t always work and I do struggle with many of the characteristic elements of classic adhd. It’s not gone by any means. I really just try to embrace it and always change
The reason this video is a COMPLETE LIE......you CANNOT KEEP AN IDEA OR THOUGHT "in mind", WITHOUT THE MEDS.......its just bullshit ! You completely misunderstand the condition........watch a video of Foxes.....your thoughts change every second, so how can you find a centre, without memory ? You need to recall a goal every second to even move toward it without constant distraction......literally you cannot sequence actions to achieve goals ! with CBT you cannot help ADHD...until you get the medication, and you can keep a idea activated and present in mind.....then you can apply knowledge
Also "maturing"....is an actual developmental aging that prunes white brain matter!.....its helpful if you take Adhd as a child......this is proven.....it can actually make your later in life symptoms normalize, so the meds if given at an early stage of life, it can actually "cure" ADHD........but not so for us who are already 35 years old and have the brains that rationalize at the level of a 14 year boy.....we become Drug addicts ! I'm glad your ADHD wasn't so bad !.......your one of the lucky one.........our prisons are filled with the unlucky
Buddy mentions the small things like losing keys, the poor emotional control.............nothing about the fact you can't maintain INTENTION thru time, time blindness, the constant motivation for instant rewards....you know the thing that leads to Addiction, the inability to understand the future consequences to current action, etc ................your completely Delusional ! its like saying Donald Trump doesn't have ADHD....but he's a raping, fighting, eating machine that can't remember rules ! Just because you don't think its a problem, doesn't mean its not going put you into the ground what about the last time you left the baby in her car seat and put the seat on the roof of the car, and then drove away !
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I can listen for hours to you
Really appreciate this video! The raw honesty is so refreshing and helpful!
Did you have tic tacs in that bottle? Lmao
Empty orange capsules. lol
Thank you!
Thank you!!
I have been coping with a loss that I believe was induced by adderall and online services like Done. I have researched for a better part of 2 years and this video explains much of my own thoughts and findings. This was exceptional aside from audio at the end, and helped explain things in an approachable reviewable way. It may not be much form a faceless stranger on the internet, but I sincerely thank you for sharing your journey. I wish you the best and looking forward to your next chapters.
I am so sorry for your loss. Done is a terrible organization and I am not surprised their executives are behind bars. The way they use their money and influence to pack the scripts of all the adhd influencers is subversive and wrong. Thanks so much for your comment. I was upset about the audio too, the microphone died and I chose to have a continuous delivery instead of a re-shoot. Your gratitude is really appreciated. It means a lot. These videos are a lot of work. I want it to be out there. So thank YOU.
Can you do a video on ritialn concerta please. I'm 13 months into withdrawal. My first year trying to come off I relapsed from withdrawal symptoms of anxiety depression dizziness to name a few.Yesterday I finally had my longest window. Today I didn't feel okay until about 430. Meaning I'm not crying or feel as depressed or brain fog. I did cold turkey and wish I wouldn't have.
It's on the list. The next one is an examination of the subversive tactics of the "adhd influencer/coach"
Ok.
Even though she takes ritalin she is by nature an attlete of excelence. Period.
@@jonathanalejandrosanchez3394 not once was that point denied. Semicolon;
dude you're great keep making vids!
Thanks! I will!
I love reading all of the comments! Haven’t come across one mean one, so far, and I just want to acknowledge all of the love being shown here for you and your journey. Also, thank you, for sharing. Fuck, I feel you. So deeply. Thank you. You have inspired me, behind words, and given me the sliver of hope that I needed, to know that I can, that I will, and someday… I will look back. Much love!!!
Thank you for the comment. You got this!
Since I stopped Adderall naps never felt more amazing
@r.l. kramer what about sex drive? I was on over 10 years been off a month and feel like a raging teenager lol
@@dbmarie28 it Definately changes that for a lot of people too!
I LOVE YOU MR KRAMER
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I started to take it after ADHD diagnosis nearly two years ago, 37YO. It helped me turn my life around and now I can do everyday chores, stopped nicotine, energy drinks, therapy, became vegan, started running and working out and found hobby, which I can do and not be tired of it week later. I am much more confident in work and in myself and no longer using unhealthy coping strategies. My lifelong anxiety is almost gone. My psychiatrist prescribed it and suggested dosing and I titrated it to optimal levels with observing myself how it affects me and reporting it back to psychiatrist. But I had to read books, medical information about medication and ADHD and I know that not everyone is capable of. If you are prone to addiction and not working on healthy habits and going to therapy, it can be bad. Some days I am tired and depressed even on pills, the key is not taking higher doses to get that euphoria. Medication is like glasses. You can live without them, but it is a tool to help you get better. But you need to do the work. Sorry for wall of text I have maybe undiagnosed autism 😅
That's great to hear your life is going well. I hope it continues and you experience no negative side effects from the medication. they of course exist, but everybody is different and reacts differently to them and I sometimes wonder, being honest, if I would have had a better...or sustainable relationship to them had I not been so affected by a childhood and early development on them. I will say though, for many years in my twenties, I thrived on them they way you did and once I got off them, the problems they seemed to solve came back threefold. But again, we are all different. I never had thought of myself prone to addiction. I had been able to dabble in drinking, a smoke here or there and never struggled with a compulsion to continue a negative habit. It was not until withdrawing from adderall had I realized that I had quietly become an addict/dependant. I appreciate the wall of text and appreciate hearing your story and truly do hope it all works for you. My intention is never to take anyone away from something that is giving them help, it is to participate in the great dialogue. However, I will say that I fundamentally disagree with the glasses comparison. Glasses do not change your brain chemistry. Yes, there are arguments that glasses can make your vision worse over time, but the potential unknown cardiovascular and neurological effects of prolonged amphetamines use are far more treacherous than the effects of wearing glass lenses in front of your eyes. Again, I hope there are none for both our sake, but there are some frightening studies and science has not uncovered everything about everything. I am probably plenty autistic too to today's unique standards but in an anecdotal sense believe my time on those meds pushed me further along the spectrum when I was on them. This isn't totally uncommon. Very interesting indeed. Thanks for sharing and I am glad you are doing well. I hope you continue to thrive.
@@R.L.Kramer thank you. Glasses are not direct comparison, just how I feel it. Like if all the life secrets were in the book, but I had bad eyesight and reading it was really hard, nearly impossible. With "glasses" I can finally see it clearly. So I see medication as a crutch, not the cure. I dont feel any withdrawal from not taking it, so I think I'm okay. I was really addicted to nicotine and caffeine because it gave me stimulation so I self medicated myself with it from childhood. Sometimes tried weed, but because I'm mostly inattentive its only worse. I am curious how other people feel chemicals differently. I will find some studies about dangers of stimulant medication on children next, it sounds interesting. In my country they are giving them to children for free, but you have to do many hours of testing for diagnosis. Even as adult I have to do them and they are even more strict. There is no big pharma working with doctors, so they are not financially insentivised to prescribe it.
@@saladine Yes the US is wild with it. I was in the first big public cohort of children to take them. The studies about the dangers are much harder to find as most of them simply conclude that they need funds to run them and they struggle to find that funding. Like this study linking parkinsons to amphetamines is muddied by including both amphetamines and methamphetamine in the same group. Also, if you are a big reader, my book is free and it outlines my experience as a child and how I grew up with the meds. rlkramer.substack.com/p/i-am-giving-away-1000-digital-copies I have tried all those stimulants, weed, micro-doses...everything. Being on nothing is hard, I wouldn't recommend it to everyone. I definitely struggle, but I still choose to take on the challenge.
I like that the reply to a wall of text was two walls of text.
@@Hlbkomer I could build a skyscraper
Adderall took away the love of my life.... and im old. What it does to those who love the addict isnt discussed enough. Prayers up to all
Can I have your adderall im not a quitter
what did you do that prevented you from getting another script? as far as i know doctors dont just cut people with adhd off. what am i missing here?
My doctor was in a different state and I did not have the means to return to visit with them. It was a family doctor prescribing and not a psych based on my previous dosage from a psych. Kind of strange... When I visited a local psych, they tried to give me wellbutrin and I just didnt have money for copays, on my parents insurance, gave up and quit. A good attentive psych would not have let that happen, but my situation was odd.
@@R.L.Kramer thx for the response. i understand
I've taken this since I was 17. It's no longer the same medication.
@@cherryblossom-e7n what has changed?
Love this editing and research! Appreciate you spreading awareness of the potential dangers of Adderall
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thank you for this. what frustrates me most is the stigma that “those who have ADHD can’t get addicted, if you do you don’t have ADHD” etc… simply untrue. everyone’s brain chemistry is different. i wonder how this will effect us in 20 years tbh
I think about that too. Time will tell and it certainly inspires me to try to be as healthy/longevity conscious as possible.
The (mostly) inconclusive studies on ADHD, ADHD medication and Parkinson’s is what worries me. From my understanding, it’s pretty well established that amphetamine abuse in younger years is correlated with higher rates of Parkinson’s, but that’s talking about hundreds of milligrams of amphetamine and/or methamphetamine a day. Dose is everything, and while it’s known that high dose methamphetamine and amphetamine is neurotoxic, low doses of methamphetamine is actually neuroprotective and being studied for use in treatment immediately after brain trauma to reduce the post-traumatic injury and help with recovery.
But there’s also the positive correlation with people who have ADHD and development of Parkinson’s later in life. So I wonder how they could parse out whether amphetamine at therapeutic doses increases, decreases, or has no effect on someone who has ADHD and their overall risk of developing Parkinson’s later in life? Really, it’s a matter of parsing out whether someone who has ADHD and later develops Parkinson’s was at higher risk because of the disease itself, or the treatment of the disease.
@@codyaragon93 there needs to be more funding in this area
May this reach the masses!!!
I would have loved to see more history and ethnopharmacology, of plant based amphetamines. Unless i missed it there wasnt even a mention of Ephedra. And there was only a quick anecdote on Khat. Maybe another vid sometime soon? You could go for hours on those substances too. And since Ephedra basically is the inspiration for pharmaceutical amphetamines i would say it deserves a mention! Great work btw.
Thank you. I did mention ephedrine briefly at 5:48,as it’s sales for asthma inspired the amphetamine. Thank you for the suggestion. I actually do want to explore that subject. There is a lot to be explored and examined with both of those plants
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🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥.. I relate!
Wow. You're amazing I relate so much Thanks for your honesty