I think it’s got something to do with dopamine, but I really couldn’t tell you anything beyond that.

I have an alarm that goes off an hour before I need to get up to take my stimulants. I find modafinil increases my dopamine levels. helps me focus, reduces drowsiness. I’ve used it for 24+ hour drives as well, and if i use it to stay awake that long on purpose, i am definitely wired.

I technically have a diagnosis of “sleep work shift disorder”, which is one of the only things that’s approved for, and there’s no test for it other than, “are you working when you’d rather be sleeping? and are you sleeping when you’d rather be awake? okay you have it.” I don’t like Adderall or Ritalin or Strattera

I definitely can’t get high on it, they only made it controlled because college students were trading around like you said, but honestly you could make this stuff available over the counter, you can already get ephedrine that way and I’d say that’s considerably more dangerous

my browser always asks if I want the simplified view which always bypasses the paywall

make sure to remind him that Republican leadership has done nothing to stop him, and has facilitated his shitty policy changes every step of the way. just in case he thinks Trump is the only problem and plans on going back once he’s gone

dude. I was at a Christian rehab center several years ago. this one kid came as a resident, his parents having been missionaries in Western Africa.

he kept having “seizures”, except he was completely conscious during them, he would just have fits where he would collapse to the ground and have uncontrollable muscle spasms. I’m pretty sure it was a form of panic attack, but some Christian hypnotherapist had hypnotized him, and “uncovered” a “suppressed memory” of some random African dragging him into the woods and putting a curse on him at knifepoint. when he was having a fit, one staff member would hold his head in a pillow to keep him from hurting himself, and somebody else would read the bible over him.

somehow, this curse was strong enough to overpower the word of god, but not a handful of xanax.

trash.

when they said West I was thinking of the American West

all of those things are less hassle than having a boss

thagomizer

this is the second word that Gary Larson has added to the English language.

we need a space tourism tax immediately

right. so “trust level”.

this is also how we would divide pills & bags when i was using

I would like to know the details of black magic sparking violence

somebody flat out told one of my friends that he was going to be copying his answers for a math test. so for every answer, my friend added 12.3, waited until the other guy turned his test in, then went back and subtracted 12.3 from all of his answers.

well i smoke in them.

he would use previously donated public telephone booth

who is donating used telephone booths to a hospital

yep. I used to work on a paving crew, you have to wear long pants & sleeves no matter how hot the weather because the mix is coming out of the truck at 300°F and you don’t want any molten flecks getting on your skin. 75% of the crew has partially melted boot soles, but one of their wives just showed up with a box of joe in an insulated hot bag

it’s never too hot for hot coffee

I paid for a hummingbird on craigslist. didn’t quite get what I was expecting but I walked away satisfied