A Molecule of Motivation, Dopamine Excels at Its Task (New York Times) : psychotherapy : People talk of getting their “dopamine rush” from chocolate, music, the stock market, the BlackBerry buzz on the thigh — anything that imparts a small, pleasurable thrill. Familiar agents of vice like cocaine, methamphetamine, alcohol and nicotine are known to stimulate the brain’s dopamine circuits, as do increasingly popular stimulants like Adderall and Ritalin. In the communal imagination, dopa

T he drug is under the same federal category as cocaine, opium and morphine, since it is such an addictive and dangerous drug. San Francisco, CA, October 12, 2009 — Einstein, Newton, Edison, Beethoven, Caruso, and Churchill were all ADHD candidates. What would the world be like without them? Albert Einstein did not speak until he was four years old and he didn’t read until he was seven. The instructors described him as mentally slow, unsociable and a dreamer. He was later expelled from school.

I know that drugs like cocaine and methamphetamine, and even legal rx drugs like adderall and ritalin cause weight loss because they are stimulants and suppress appetite. Well, caffeine is a stimulant, and I notice that after a few shots of espresso I am not very hungry. Can high does of caffeine have a weight [...] Related posts: Do All Of The Major Weight Loss Pills Have Caffeine? Why Do You Have To Give Up Caffeine When You Start Body Building Or Toning Up And Weight Loss? What Kind

The use of performance-enhancing drugs of an “academic” kind, such as Adderall and Ritalin, is a hot topic nowadays, especially since the fall term has just begun and students across various college campuses and universities are hitting the books once again. We have done a number of posts on this issue, and we continue to read about these drugs and their uses and effects. In doing so we came across a rather interesting feature by University of Texas Health Science Center doctoral student Jos

Parents are starting to realize how dangerous ADHD drugs can be—Adderall may cause a pounding or uneven heartbeat and hallucinations, and Ritalin (which may be habit- forming) may cause aggressive behavior and dangerously high blood pressure. And that's just the tip of the iceberg on both drugs. So, increasingly, parents have been turning to alternative treatments for their children. Which is great. But it left Big Pharma scrambling for a new target. They've set their sights on an easy tar