Posted by jonathanupr on July 8, 2006, at 15:01:46
I am looking into the issue of amphetamine intake over time as a factor in my decreased creativity. I've been on Adderall for about a year now at a relatively stable dose of around 25 mgs per day. Either one of two things is occuring, or both.... (1) the SSRI that I am on has inhibited my creativity, (2) the Adderall that I take has desensitized my dopamine channels over this past year, and thus when a creative urge hits me or could hit me I feel no spark or need to follow up on it. An interesting read I had on how our life occurrences stimulate dopamine production and sensitivity. I could very well see a dopamine agonist that acts on dopamine release and as a DA uptake inhibitor, crippling one's natural abilities to feel enraptured by the flow of life....what they may feel on a regular basis is the direct result of dopamine release when they take such an amphetamine.... On the other hand, Adderall has very much allowed me to show up for work 8 hrs a day and to get promotion after promotion... I can read a lot longer than I used to be able to without having boredom set in (used to set in and I'd get tired as well within 10 minutes of reading, now I can go on much longer). But I just feel so damn uncreative, I feel as if the world is tasted by everyone so why even write about it or express one's experience....very lethargic / apathetic. Or (3) the combination of 1 and 2 above.
Any feedback, experience, or knowledge?
poster:jonathanupr
thread:665152
URL: http://www.dr-bob.org/babble/20060701/msgs/665152.html