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Aurornisyesterday at 10:33 PM0 repliesview on HN

> Try some lol.

Trying amphetamines classically gives short-term euphoria and confidence boost.

There have been a few studies on this. If you give college students amphetamines they will report performing dramatically better, but their actual performance is maybe slightly improved at best and some measures are worsened: https://www.mdpi.com/2226-4787/6/3/58

The notable thing is that they all report doing much better despite the actual results not matching their self-assessment.

So don't "try some" and then think you're going to be speeding around like a superhuman for the rest of your life if you get a prescription.