Study Drug's

There's such thing as Study Drug's?

Two Blog readers emailed me after reading about my theory of mind control asked if ADHD medication actually enhances brain activity and whether if they took it would they suddenly become super smart.

I researched a couple years ago about whether ADHD medication such as Adderall and Ritalin could make you smarter and the conclusion I came to (I don't know about anyone else) was no it won't. There is no fixed definition about what intelligence is, as intelligence is so diverse that you can't put a definition on it as such, but many people agree that absorbing information quickly and being able to concentrate is apart of being 'intelligent'. 

What ADHD medication allows you to do,

if your have the disorder ADHD, is to be able to concentrate and stick to boring tasks such as studying for hour's on end and to be able retain the information that you have just learned. And this makes people with ADHD lives easier because people inflicted with ADHD have trouble doing all the above because of there brain 'wiring'. And having ADHD isn't a problem, nor should it be viewed as a 'problem', its just another way to view the world but it can make it hard for you to get your head down and study. And this is what ADHD medication allows them to do.


Now if you don't have ADHD then you have no problem whatsoever to be able to stick to mundane tasks, study and retain information. So taking such drugs as Adderall and Ritalin medication would allow you to have a superhuman ability to concentrate, retain information and make neurological connections quicker then you would without the drugs.(until the drugs were off at least) This is why in university's and colleges Adderall and Ritalin are now becoming known as 'study drugs'. Steroids for the brain in other word's.

Sounds great right?

It's like taking a pill to make college and university life easier. But if you mess with one system in the brain, you then mess with another, and will cause some unwanted side effects. (Mother nature's a fucking bitch isn't she?)

Such side effects include;

• Dizziness
• Dry mouth
• Emotional changes (like us nerds aren't emotional enough :/)
• Weight loss
• Feeling of weakness
• Increased heart rate
• Abdominal pain
• Decreased appetite 
• Nausea/vomiting
• Diarrhea

I'm not trying to put you off or anything, I'm just informing you about it, although you wouldn't really want to shit yourself whilst your reading up on 'Molecular Gastronomy: Exploring the Science of Flavor' in your college dorm. Just don't seem right you know?

My final note

Drugs like Adderall and Ritalin are amphetamines and I wouldn't personally take any drugs just so I can concentrate better when I already concentrate just fine. But y'all will do as you want to do and who would I be to tell you not to do something?


 (But just remember to stay close to a bathroom or keep a towel handy, you wouldn't want to end up like dear old George here...)