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Seems pretty strange that I should take your sourceless claims as gospel over theirs.

>Stimulant medication aren't speed, they're like "1/100 speed".

These are literally two identical substances with almost identical effects (the only difference is the ration of amph salts). Difference is dosage.

Can't understand why would you claim what you say, when Adderall is used and abused in the same exact manner as amphetamine paste is in Europe. Anecdotally I hear in USA they throw it at you like candy.

>But comparing them to speed is just wrong and irresponsible,

I stand by what I said, if you saw the numbers of amphetamine addicts on the street in USA the same way you see opoid addicts, you would have a different national perspective on these drugs.

>it makes people afraid of trying what could be effective treatment

Yes, they should be cautions in my opinion.

I personally am not taking any new chances with addiction, even though I'm sure I would have benefits, at least short term.

I'll just hobble along. Using crutches can make physical rehabilitation impossible.

It would be if she came home and he's repairing his circular saw or something. Why is he doing that? It's because the ladder's broken, and you need the ladder to reach the light bulb, and to fix the ladder you need the saw.

So, a seemingly unrelated task that an outsider observing you might be surprised that you're engaged in, but which is required to allow you to solve the problem at hand. That's "Yak shaving".

Whereas he doesn't actually need to fix the shelf, or lubricate the drawer, or fix the car.

The only thing that would make it better is if he'd somehow managed to misplace the lightbulbs along the way, with Lois's looking annoyed over a forced candlelight dinner.

However there's a general understanding of ADHD (and related disorders such as ASD) as a spectrum of conditions with multiple contributing factors. Depending on the person ADHD will manifest with more or less hyperactivity, distractability, working memory issues, and lacking emotional regulation (among other things). Different causes combine to give a somewhat amorphous disorder with a range of common symptoms.

So adding a new treatment with fewer downsides (because stimulants can have a few) is great, especially as it might treat aspects of the disorder that aren't treated by stimulants. But this doesn't mean stimulants won't still be relevant in the future.

There's there's also plenty of research showing specific dopamine receptor dysregulations as contributing to ADHD. See for example https://www.researchgate.net/publication/364120700_Dopamine_...

So unless the research also shows that this is caused by pyridoxine metabolism problems, these hypotheses can both hold at the same time.

Picking some paper that talks about different causes doesn't mean other causes aren't still relevant. It will probably be decades before we can definitively rule out contributing factors.

PS It's generalizations like yours that are very stigmatizing towards stimulant use. We already know many people benefit from them enormously and significant numbers are not getting or taking them due to stigma.

If, for example, you've been taught to walk without your leg (or if you have three legs, all left feet, whatever), using a crutch doesn't make much sense.

We can't safely poke someone's head and test their dopamine levels. So we aren't good at differentiating what could potentially be learned cognitive behaviors | brain structure | genetics from hormonal neurology. Hell, these could all be the same thing on so many levels, but it takes only one to mark a meaningful difference.

Point is, different people are different. And it's rude to think you know someone's experience well enough to liken it to "punching yourself in the face".