ADHD Medication and Training

Packeteer

First of all let me give a little background on amphetamines.

Adderall is similar to Ritalin but stronger. Both are of the same family of chemicals called amphetamines. One other amphetamine is crystal meth. Crystal meth is actually "meth-amphetamine" thats where you get the word meth. What people refer to as "speed" has changed over the decades. It is a general term that just means any amphetamine but today mostly means crystal meth.

As for calling Adderall legal speed you are somewhat right. It is only legal if you are prescribed it. It is illegal for anyone else. The same with crystal meth. Crystal Meth is prescribed to people with, you guessed it, ADHD. Its only illegal if you are not prescribed it as most people are not.

So now that i gave you the background let me tell you about my experiance. I was never diagnosed with ADHD but i abused the drugs for it. I also used to use crystal meth. So having personally used and abused all the ADHD meds as well as crystal meth i can tell you this; meth is the exact same thing only stronger. You can get meth like effects from ADHD meds if you take enough.

So where does all this tie into cycling. Well it will make you faster. It will raise your heart rate but more importantly it gives you a sense of euphoria and takes away pain. Being on stimulents like amphetamines will make you be able to dig deeper. It will keep your appetite down so you can lose weight easier. It will also make you not notice how thirsty you are. You feel pumped up and very motivated. These are all beneficial to cycling in the short term.

In the long term however its not worth it. They have many other side effects and its very easy to overtrain and under eat. When Tom Simpson died in the 1967 TDF he has amphetamines in his system. He died from exaustion, presumebly pushed on by the euphoria and pain reduction of the drugs he was on. You probably are not going to die if you take them but at the very least you are cheating.