First of all, ethylphenidate and methylphenidate (Ritalin) are NOT amphetamines! Ritalin is close to being cocaine! Ritalin causes serotonin syndrome so does cocaine! The amphetamine Vyvanse surprisingly calms me down when the paradoxical other name for amphetamine is "speed". I think Ritalin is SPEEDIER than any of the amphetamines, though I have never tried Ritalin.
Please try to avoid Meth and Drugs. This was my idea 3 Years ago when the desperation due to the 1st Girl started..
I wanted to be less emphatic like her and the people arround me, stupid idea..
Now I have to run arround to reverse this besides the Cannabis alterations, the Ethylpheidate caused depression, slight PSSD and the inherent satae who I believe to be caused by a short Serotonine transporter allele
( i.e. too much serotonine) which causes pro-social behavior, lack of affect, anhedonia, anxiety ..
The alterations by stimulants and hard drugs are diverse and hard to tackle e.g. through DeltafosB, epigenetic alterations & etc.
http://www.longecity...eversal-thread/
I believe that this was one of my main sources in regards to narcissistic personality disorder:
http://www.medicinen...nality_disorder
https://www.bpdcentr...llmarks-of-npd/
will add further infos today
Just no. Ritalin dose not effect the release of serotonin. Amphetamines do to a minor extent. Ritalin is a dopamine reuptake inhibitor (like cocaine), meaning it blocks the reuptake of dopamine from the synapse, making it more available in the synapse where it is active. Amphetamines go a step further and reverse the transporter (instead of just blocking it), causing the release of dopamine from the cells to the synapse instead of the norm of the other way around. This makes amphetamines like Adderall stronger than Ritalin.
Cocaine also does not cause serotonin syndrome. Ritalin and cocaine have the same mechanism, it's just that cocaine is stronger, has a shorter duration of action, and is usually insufflated instead of ingested, skipping the first-pass liver metabolism. These things are what make cocaine much speedier than Ritalin. It may seem small, but the difference is huge, despite having the same exact mechanism (dopamine reuptake inhibition).