Substances
Adderall
Across 966 answers, 22% gave the top answer (a 10/10 or “changed my life”) and 86% said it helped a lot or more.
All answers · 966 answers
- Life-changing
- Big help
- Slight help
- Did nothing
- Made it worse
Have you tried it?
Only answer if you've tried Adderall. What did it do for you?
What is it?
Adderall is a brand of medication combining amphetamine and dextroamphetamine salts. It is prescribed for ADHD and, depending on formulation and jurisdiction, narcolepsy. Outside clinical care, people also seek it to keep working or studying.
The name is sometimes used loosely for any concentration-related pill, although those medicines are not identical. Availability varies internationally. Being offered a tablet under this name does not confirm its contents or suitability for you.
All answers
966 answers in total: 930 from surveys and 36 from this site.
- Life-changing: 22%, 208 votes
- Big help: 64%, 619 votes
- Slight help: 8.4%, 81 votes
- Did nothing: 4.2%, 41 votes
- Made it worse: 2.6%, 17 of 652 answers
By questionnaire
On this site · 36 answers
Surveys with all five answers · 616 answers from Nootroflix (2022)
Surveys without “made it worse” · 314 answers from the SlateStarCodex 2016 nootropics survey
- Life-changing
- Big help
- Slight help
- Did nothing
- Made it worse
Survey answers are converted to these five answers. Each share above counts only the questionnaires that offered that answer, because not every survey offered all five. In Nootroflix (2022) and the SlateStarCodex 2016 nootropics survey, a 10 out of 10 rating counts as “changed my life”.
What does it feel like?
Possible experiences include stimulation, reduced appetite, dry mouth and difficulty sleeping. Some people describe altered attention or increased activation, while others feel anxious or irritable. The experience is not uniform.
Feeling productive can draw attention away from poor eating and sleep. It is also possible to persist for hours with something unhelpful. Euphoria or feeling capable of everything is not a measure of the medicine agreeing with you.
What are the risks?
Risks include addiction, physical dependence, overdose, serious heart problems, mania and psychosis. MAOIs and other medicines affecting serotonin can cause dangerous interactions. It is a controlled prescription medicine and should not be shared.
Abrupt withdrawal following misuse can bring extreme fatigue and severe depression. Stopping needs follow-up too. Purchases outside an authorized pharmacy add uncertainty about composition as well as legal risks that depend on the location.
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- 6Microdosing LSDTaking small, non-psychedelic doses of LSD every few days. How people who tried microdosing rate it, from made things worse to life-changing.17%520 votes
Know someone who's tried Adderall?
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Self-reported experiences, not medical advice. High scores mean people reported strong positive effects. They do not mean something is safe, effective long-term, or appropriate for you. Self-reports can miss delayed harms, dependence, withdrawal, side effects, and selection bias. Don't start or stop a medication because of a chart.
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