Stimulant

Ice is also known as “Crystal methamphetamine” is a stimulant drug which comes in different forms, shapes and sizes. A stimulant drug speeds up the messages traveling throughout the body. It is a very addictive drug and is more stronger than the powder form of methamphetamine which is called speed. Ice is a man made chemical made from chemicals like battery acid, drain cleaner, lantern fuel and antifreeze. It is usually smoked or injected and causes people to be energetic. The drug was first…

are two main type of medication including psycho-stimulant and nonstimulant which both have different effects. For example, psycho-stimulant medications, “help important networks of nerve cells in the brain to communicate more effectively with each other.”(). Nonstimulant medications may be used, “when psychostimulant medications have been ineffective, unacceptable side effects have resulted, or the individual or child’s parents prefer a non-stimulant for other reasons.” (). The main focus of…

The death of Uncle Ben was an important stimulant to the storyline of Spider-Man. Without this happening Parker wouldn’t have the weight of seeing the evil in the world. Parker needed to hear Uncle Ben last words, needed that push. If he didn’t then Parker wouldn’t have had used his powers for good. At first, Peter Parker only used his spidey power for personal use. For example, when he first found out about he had powers he used them for entertainment only. He would swing around the city and…

not stimulant drugs should be used to treat attention deficit disorder in children. My stance is that I do not see an issue with a child taking a stimulant drug, as long as they are able to receive this type of drug. The evidence that I discovered was the short term effects were favorable and also that there are not really any long-term negative effects from using stimulant drugs in children. “ADHD is the most commonly diagnosed childhood neurodevelopmental disorder. Treatment with stimulant…

and parents. As of today, the most common treatment is stimulants. When prescribing stimulants, doctors have to create a specific plan for each patient. They do this because every Attention-Deficit Hyperactivity case and every patient is different. One patient’s symptoms may be completely different than those experienced by another patient. Patients who have experienced inadequate responses to the stimulants either seek to change the stimulant and dosage, or find an alternative treatment…

After reading Roger’s vignette, it is apparent that he has moderate stimulant use disorder, with the use of amphetamine-type substances (APA, 2013; Roberts & Louie, 2015). The symptoms that Roger presents in the vignette are hyperactivity and restlessness from childhood, high blood pressure, nausea, use if crystal meth and dextroamphetamine, crashing when stimulants wear off, switching from snorting to smoking meth, failed business and marriage, behavioral problems in school, low energy,…

All people are different when it comes to their experience with addiction and mental illness. Some begin to experience mental health issues during childhood or adolescence and experiment with drugs and alcohol soon after, developing both an addiction problem and a serious mental illness at the same time. Others may seek out drugs and alcohol in an attempt to “self-medicate” a mental health issue that develops in early adulthood or that develops out of an injury or trauma later in life. Still…

can be used to examine the origins and outcomes of prescription stimulant abuse by college students. The Theory of Planned Behavior provides an explanation for the relationships between beliefs, attitudes, intentions, and behaviors. Specifically, the theory posits that behaviors are directly linked to intentions, which are influenced by attitudes, subjective norms, and perceived behavioral control. When applied to prescription stimulant abuse by college students, the theory can be used to…

stated that the early initiation of stimulant medications for ADHD was protective against the development of substance use disorders (McCabe et al., 2006). The Dalsgaard et al. study also signified that the early initiation of stimulant medications for the treatment of ADHD lowered the risk of future substance use disorder development (Dalsgaard et al., 2014). These two studies differ from the other three studies in the review that identified that early stimulant medication initiation presented…

In addition, the study also featured a poll to gather what side-effects were most common among the stimulant drug users. The researchers reported that “The most commonly reported adverse reactions by nonmedical users included lack of appetite (68.2%) and difficulty sleeping (54.5%)” (969). Those results are characteristic of stated side effects of Adderall since they do help to treat narcolepsy and weight-loss is also another reported off-label use of the drug Adderall. Yet these statistics…