Must be nice. The only one that works for me is Vyvanse which is literally just cocaine, and the max dose of 70mg causes my heart rate to hit 120 while sitting down and doing nothing but watching YouTube for two hours.

[–] naeap@sopuli.xyz 14 points 7 months ago (7 children)

Why do you think it's cocaine?
It's just another amphetamine derivate

[–] SuiXi3D@fedia.io -1 points 7 months ago* (last edited 7 months ago) (6 children)

Because I’ve been told by my pharmacy tech wife and my doctor that it is. Or close enough, anyway.

EDIT: It turns out my ignorance of chemistry is enough to get me downvoted. In any case, thank you to the kind souls that have educated me on the matter.

[–] DRx@lemmy.world 21 points 7 months ago (1 children)

Well, as a pharmacist whose been stable on 50mg of vyvanse for more than 3 years, your wife and Doc are both incorrect…

Both are stimulants, yes, but

Vyvanse is an amphetamine and works to produce more neurotransmitters you don’t already have.

Cocaine is a reuptake inhibitor… thus preventing the breakdown of neurotransmitters you do already have.

While fundamentally they may look like they’re doing the same thing, they are in fact 2 totally different mechanisms. Furthermore, in neurotransmitter depletion the effects of cocaine will severely diminish, where as amphetamines will thrive.

[–] SuiXi3D@fedia.io 6 points 7 months ago

That’s awesome info, thank you.

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