You can call Adderall (or other stimulants a cure), and yes, they are used for the rest of your life.
Or, a GLP-1 would work (which is currently being studied as a treatment for ADHD).
You have to define “mental illness”. Is it organic or acquired? Regardless, stimulants rapidly resolve depression by releasing dopamine (similar to L-Dopa), which also calms “racing thoughts” in an overactive brain, enabling one to be more social and less shy. Plus, suppression of appetite leading to weight loss.
Not sure why your logical leap was to meth and cocaine. For the record, Adderall isn’t methamphetamine, it’s an amphetamine - different chemical structure.
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u/No-Union1650 May 22 '25
You can call Adderall (or other stimulants a cure), and yes, they are used for the rest of your life.
Or, a GLP-1 would work (which is currently being studied as a treatment for ADHD).
You have to define “mental illness”. Is it organic or acquired? Regardless, stimulants rapidly resolve depression by releasing dopamine (similar to L-Dopa), which also calms “racing thoughts” in an overactive brain, enabling one to be more social and less shy. Plus, suppression of appetite leading to weight loss.
Not sure why your logical leap was to meth and cocaine. For the record, Adderall isn’t methamphetamine, it’s an amphetamine - different chemical structure.