Andrew Huberman· PhD
it's three mechanisms of increasing dopamine and norepinephrine for Adderall and Vyvanse and by extension dexedrine and it's only one mechanism for Ritalin to increase dopamine and norepinephrine and therein mostly dopamine
The headline is broadly defensible, but the qualifications matter. Effect sizes vary by population, the strongest claims rest on shorter trials, and credible voices push back on how it's typically framed.
it's three mechanisms of increasing dopamine and norepinephrine for Adderall and Vyvanse and by extension dexedrine and it's only one mechanism for Ritalin to increase dopamine and norepinephrine and therein mostly dopamine
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but it is not as much a potent inhibitor of the noradrenergic transporter and therefore most of the effect of methylphenidate is to increase dopamine at synapses a lot of people don't realize this a lot of people think that Ritalin is just very short-acting Adderall and that's not the case