Emily McDonald

Stimulants.

ADHD medication.

Okay.

Adderall, Vyvanse in particular.

And when I learned about how they actually work and about, you know, side effects are really actually just off target effects and they're real effects.

They're not side effects.

They're effects.

They happen.

And so- They're going to happen.

Right, right.

And so the goal of any drug, right, is to mitigate off-target effects while still providing the therapy that they're meant to provide.

There are different types, but Adderall in particular, it is a nervous system stimulant.

And so it essentially puts you into fight or flight.

And you're just constantly into fight or flight.

And it makes- It can't be good, can it?

It can't be, right.

And so, I mean, it's just like a chronic elevated cortisol and norepinephrine and-

I mean, and they've come out now, and I saw recently a study where they're saying, oh, we've figured out that, you know, this medication, it actually doesn't really boost focus.

It boosts alertness, wakefulness.

And so that's really how they work is like they make you super alert, right?