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Adderall

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1 use 7 mention 5 critical
Last discussed Oct 1, 2026

A prescription stimulant medication used to treat ADHD and narcolepsy.

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"I was prescribed 5 milligrams slow release Adderall to sleep. If you actually have it, it calms you down. It doesn't amp you up."

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Andrew Huberman
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"There is of course Adderall, Ritalin, Vyvanse, modafinil, armodafinil, a number of different compounds, all of which generally increase dopamine transmission in the brain."

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"Different than Adderall because Adderall is more of an amphetamine type stimulant. Very interesting paper came out recently from WashU showing that..."

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Luis J. Gomez
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vs: Similar to cocaine in being too stimulating

"I haven't done adderall in... I mean I've never done adderall either for the same reason that I've never done coke like it just seems too good seems like it gets you too jazzed up."

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Scott Nolan
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"So like space launch for example, to some extent defense which you see with Anderoll trying to break that"

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Arsenio Hall
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Used for: Focus for writing and productivity Praised: Makes people productive according to what he's heard

"I'm very curious about Adderall because I'm hearing so much. Like when I was doing the book, would Adderall be good to focus me?"

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Michael Pollan
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"I know a lot of writers under the influence of Adderall. Yeah. Well, and for me it's caffeine."

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"There's a lot of people I know who take Adderall, who still can't get"

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Joe Rogan
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"the amount of journalists that are on Adderall is off the charts. A friend of mine was telling me like all of his colleagues take Adderall to help them work."

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Shawn Ryan
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"I quit all the sleep medications, I had quit the Adderall, and it was effortless... I don't take sleeping medications. I don't take Adderall. I actually have no vices."

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Jeff Dye
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"It was Adderall and stuff. I would like pass out from drinking, but I would hear them having fun downstairs. So then yeah, you just start popping pills and doing whatever to try to keep drinking. I can't have it. It doesn't help me study. I tried ..."

Tim Ferriss
critical

"I've tried the various amphetamines — Adderall, Ritalin, etc. The difference is that number one you have thousands of years of human use documented in the case of coca."

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Cameron Sapa
critical

"companies like Cerebral... were doing the wrong thing by shilling Adderall on TikTok. We won't prescribe it because it's addictive"

Andrew Huberman
critical

"I know that a lot of people out there take Adderall, even though they haven't been prescribed Adderall, in order to increase wakefulness. That is essentially, well, it's illegal for one, but also it's abusing the system."

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