• PugJesus@lemmy.worldOPEnglish
    101·
    4 days ago

    Explanation: The Nazis used high doses of amphetamines and especially methamphetamine to give their soldiers ‘staying power’ in the field, part of why they overran France - some Nazi tankers were driving and fighting for a week straight without sleep or rest. Lower doses of extended release amphetamines are used in the modern day to treat ADHD. One imagines the occasional lone guy with ADHD and a pervitin pill was sitting under a tree and rethinking some life choices instead.

    • MonkeMischiefEnglish
      18·
      3 days ago

      driving and fighting for a week straight without sleep or rest.

      Holy crap I was gonna ask if this was literally possible but…yeah…I guess so!

      https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Randy_Gardner_sleep_deprivation_experiment

      I’m still surprised there weren’t more accounts of them losing their minds. A week without sleep? That’s terrifying to think about.

      Sidenote: Weird seeing this after I only learned about the “Russian Sleep Experiment” creepypasta like a month ago. Lol

      • radical_larry@sh.itjust.worksEnglish
        2·
        2 days ago

        They did things. Being awake for long on amphetamines is probably a factor. There is a reason (at least) the west uses modafinil instead of amphetamines now.

    • Jyek@sh.itjust.worksEnglish
      2·
      2 days ago

      It’s good to point out that amphetamines are not the only treatment for ADHD nor are they always the best treatment. In fact Methylphenidate (Ritalin) is a Norepinephrine-Domamine Reuptake Inhibitor, which while still having dopaminergic effects on the brain, are not amphetamines and can’t really even be detected through traditional urinalysis means.

      So those of us who do take Methylphenidate and are subject to regular urinalysis to measure amphetamine content as a requirement to obtain a prescription renewal for the drug in the US, are actually being tested for additional non-perscription use of amphetamines unrelated to our ADHD treatment. I feel this should be illegal and that Methylphenidate should really be removed from the list of controlled substances.

    • Zozano@lemy.lolEnglish
      9·
      2 days ago

      Is this some kind of advanced sarcasm I’ve never known about until now?

    • radical_larry@sh.itjust.worksEnglish
      4·
      2 days ago

      Dextrometh even, like, if they had colds they couldve just used levometh but no the toothbrush mustache guy had to make it dextrometh

      Edit the dude in question probably got parkinson(ism) from the use of pertrivin, too