Is Adderall and Ritalin worse than methanphetamines?

They are only different by one compound (CH3 I believe, which meth has and adderall/ritallin do not) and they are so much more avaliable than meth. Is it ok to have a drug like this to calm kids/adults down and basically make them a super focused, organised person?

Personally, I think it’s ok as long as you don’t take it everyday and have a dependence on it (which sadly, most people do). I think being impulsive and easily distracted is more of a side effect of the way media is presented now rather than a mental defect. I realise that true ADHD is seriously debilitating in a common work setting, but have we even tried changing the work so it’s not so monotonous? Discuss

 

You're hitting a ton of different, but really interesting topics.

Our work is pretty monotonous, for starters. Just taking a look at Employee Engagement | Gallup Topic can bring in a lot of scary numbers, but the one that really stands out is that in the USA alone, only 33% of employees are actually engaged at work. The remaining 67% are either actively miserable or just physically present. That's horrifying. If our workplaces were more engaging, maybe ADHD people could find a workplace that they thrived in naturally, rather than having to change themselves.

But how much of that is the employer's fault? Out of that 67%, how much of that is due to the individual? How much of that is due to our new technology, like social media? There's no short supply of articles like this: Social Media and Teen Anxiety and it isn't farfetched to assume that anxiety from social media can strike adults, too. It's scary how much time and energy we can easily and thoughtlessly spend on social media and the internet in general.

I also wonder what it means when the incidence of Adderall abuse has been rising among adolescents, specifically college-aged young adults. Adderall Misuse Rising Among Young Adults Have the standards changed for college kids? Probably. Considering that the average college go-er these days may have to take on jobs and/or a lot of debt to actually go to school. It's not unreasonable to think that some of these kids might be doing this to stay afloat, but abuse is abuse. Hopefully it gets under control someday.

So, there's a lot to uncover here. It goes deeper than just ADHD and medications. We're looking at economy, society, technology and education just to start. The world's getting better, but goodness we got a ways to go.

 

ADHD is not real

 

no? tf

 

Ok adderall/ritallin has a ton A TON of cemicals in it so I switched to another version of it thats more "Herbal"(says in a sarcastic girly way) and ill outline the pros and cons
adderall/ritallin
Pro: Calms people down alot
Cons: Has alot of cemicals in it thats bad for your health, Will make you want to eat Alot more! (I gained 49 pounds when taking it and then with the herbal stuff i lost 52) Its not always in stock everywere and I usualy had to call a week in advance to get it filled
"fake herbal stuff"
Makes me loose weight! and is totaly Greenly made and has no cemicals in it! (I dont have any cons other than when I take it it will sometimes get stuck in my throught and make my mouth feal all powdery and it will taste discusting)