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adderall
::: ::: section I was prescribed adderall a few years ago, but stopped because of the side effects (trouble sleeping and bad dreams from what I can remember). Fast forward to about a month ago, and I was having a lot of trouble focusing. I stumbled upon the old adderall pills, and because nothing can ever go wrong, took them.
The effects were great, so I went to a psychiatrist to try to get a prescription. I was successful and and got some new pills.
From left to right: old pills, new pills, and extra bonus pills (pure amphetamine salts) that aren't relevant. The old pills have "adderall xr" printed on them (are brand name) and the new ones say "ELI-511" (manufactured from "elite laboratories"). Both of the doses are are 10mg. The new pills were clearly visually different, but I assumed that adderall was tightly regulated so they'd have the same effect.
The effects were noticably different. I tried taking the new pills one day then the old pills on another, and it was almost like two different medications.
I did a bit of precursory research to see if it was only me and found some people grumbling about how it's a tiktok trend and mass hysteria, except that I have never used tiktok in my life.
Searching for the brand name, it seems like there are recurring problems with elite labs (one, two, three). The descriptions (especially "it feels like sleep deprevation" and "it makes me jittery") matches my experience pretty well! Every once in a while, I felt like I was going to have a heart attack.
going further
todo: self blinded trials
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