• areyouevenreal@lemm.ee
    link
    fedilink
    arrow-up
    0
    ·
    4 months ago

    Methamphetamine is literally used as a treatment for ADHD. It’s also fairly easy to get a hold of amphetamine on the darknet which is used in things like Adderall. It honestly isn’t that bad of an idea to try amphetamine or even methamphetamine if you actually know the correct dosage range. Recreational users would typically start at a higher dosage than someone looking for medicinal effects. Over time though medical users can end up on a similar dosage to a recreational user due to tolerance.

          • areyouevenreal@lemm.ee
            link
            fedilink
            arrow-up
            0
            ·
            4 months ago

            I am more talking about amphetamine rather than methamphetamine. Chemically it’s the same as Adderall, and you can find actual Adderall from the darknet or dealers as well.

            • Entropywins@lemmy.world
              link
              fedilink
              arrow-up
              0
              ·
              4 months ago

              Everyone’s different but I’ll just tell you I had the exact same thoughts and fast forward 5-6 years after that thought I was literally shooting up meth in socal under bridges homeless as fuck…I was terrified of needles too, hated getting shots could barely stand it but amphetamines can super duper take you soooo many places you don’t want to go.

              Be careful and talk your plans over with a mentor/someone you trust please

    • medgremlin@midwest.social
      link
      fedilink
      arrow-up
      0
      ·
      4 months ago

      The problem is that the purity of the drug you’re getting is not guaranteed or regulated at all. For a lot of recreational/street drugs, the bigger problem is often the filler and crap they get cut with. If you’re paying enough for actually reliably pure drugs, you might as well just pay out of pocket for the psychiatrist and avoid the risk of drug charges.

      • areyouevenreal@lemm.ee
        link
        fedilink
        arrow-up
        0
        ·
        4 months ago

        Yes it’s not an ideal solution. If it’s between self medicating with other drugs versus getting the thing you should be prescribed with through illicit means I would choose the latter. Ideally healthcare would be free everywhere and getting a diagnosis wouldn’t take literal years or even a decade. That’s unfortunately not the world we live in. I have friends that were referred years ago on the NHS and are still waiting.

        • medgremlin@midwest.social
          link
          fedilink
          arrow-up
          0
          ·
          4 months ago

          I would recommend against using street drugs in place of prescriptions because of the aforementioned reasons. I’ve seen what street drugs do to people while working in ERs and in a clinical setting, and it’s just not worth it.

          • areyouevenreal@lemm.ee
            link
            fedilink
            arrow-up
            0
            ·
            4 months ago

            Maybe I haven’t explained myself well enough. For many people it’s a choice not between prescription vs illicit. It’s a choice between illicit Adderall vs illicit cannabis, alcohol, nicotine, and anything else they can get their hands on. That’s what happens when people aren’t getting the medication and healthcare that they need. They take their problems to other substances and behaviors.

            • medgremlin@midwest.social
              link
              fedilink
              arrow-up
              0
              ·
              4 months ago

              I’m saying that getting methamphetamine as a replacement for Adderall is a terrible idea because of the problems with contamination and legal repercussions. If you don’t have access to the psychiatric care, getting started with drugs that are cut with god knows what at highly unreliable doses is not likely to make things much better, definitely not in the long run.