Stimulants
Definition of Stimulants
What is a type of drug that speeds up messages traveling between the brain and body?
Amphetamines + Some Antidepressants:
What is elevated blood pressure?
-Which can lead to irregular heartbeat, heart failure, and stroke.
Short Term Effects
What is increased blood pressure, heart rate, blood flow, and sugar as well as decreased blood flow?
Definition of Prescribed Stimulants
What is medically prescribed stimulants that are generally used to treat attention-deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) and narcolepsy?
Signs of Stimulant Addiction
What is hiding or lying about taking stimulants, using stimulants despite them causing issues with work or school, or needing to take more stimulants to feel the desired effects?
Some Effects of Taking Stimulants
What is pupils dilate, heart and breathing rates increase, and blood sugar levels rise?
Amphetamines + Depressant
What is the body is placed under a high degree of stress dealing with the conflicting effects of each drug?
-This can lead to an overdose.
Long Term Effects
What is addiction, hostility, paranoia, high body temperatures, and an irregular heartbeat?
Helps With What Issues
What is relationship problems, health issue, academic stress, financial problems, mental health issues (increased anxiety, depression, paranoia)?
Stimulants Are More Dangerous in What Scenario
What is combined with alcohol or other drugs, driving or operating heavy machinery, judgement or motor coordination is required, or the person has mental health or heart problems?
How Stimulants Are Taken
What is illicit stimulants are usually snorted, swallowed, smoked, or injected and prescribed stimulants are usually taken orally?
Methamphetamine + Ecstasy
What is the enormous strain on the heart and other parts of the body?
-This can lead to stroke.
Psychological Effects
What is hallucinations, delusions, persistence, anxiety, paranoia, and depression?
Well-Known Prescribed Stimulants
What is dextroamphetamine, dexmethylphenidate/amphetamine combination, and dexmethylphenidate?
Natural Stimulants
What is American Ginseng, Green tea, and Coconut oil?
Most Well-Known Stimulants
What is cocaine and amphetamines?
Methamphetamine + Depressants
What is an enormous strain on the body, and more likely to overdose?
-The stimulant effects of ice may mask the effects of depressant drugs like benzodiazepines and can increase the risk of overdose.
Effects of Low Dosages
What is euphoria, heightened feelings of wellbeing, increased heart rate and blood pressure, increased alertness, talkativeness, and reduced appetite?
Examples of Misuse of Prescribed Stimulants
What is taking medicine in a way or dose other than prescribed, taking someone else's medicine, taking medicine only for the effect it causes—to get high, or mixing it with other drugs or alcohol?
Stimulant Effect on the Brain of People With ADHD
What is boosts the levels of brain chemicals like norepinephrine and dopamine?
Another Name for Simulants
What is "uppers"?
Heroin + Cocaine
What is overdose and fatal heart problems?
Effects of High Dosages
What is anxiety, tension, increased body temperature, nausea, tremors, seizures, comas, and even death?
Assessments Done to be Prescribed Stimulants
What is an examination of your history of stimulant use, your medical history, and other health conditions?
Changes in Someone's Actions with ADHD Because of Stimulants
What is better attention span, lowering interruptions, hyperactivity, and fidgeting, and improvements in relationships?