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Originally Posted by packs
I keep hearing people bring up greenies. If you want to call those PEDs, it's probably because you're a fan of someone who used steroids and you'd like to add legitimacy to their career by trying to equate amphetamines to steroids.
Let's be clear. Steroids alter your body. You might try to make the comparison that amphetamines alter your brain chemistry, but we're talking about the physical body. You can do things on steroids that you can't otherwise. I would argue you can do all the same things on greenies that you could without them. So they're not really the same at all. You can't pop a greenie and hit a 500 foot home run over night. But you can do all that and more injecting PEDs into your body, or using a cream, or eating gummies, or whatever other method there is to doing them.
When a guy is using PEDs, you're not seeing the same player playing the same game. You're seeing a different player creating a new career. I don't know if you guys have much experience with uppers, but I never saw a guy pop an Adderall and sprout a brand new body.
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Have you ever taken anything like Adderall?
My experience the first day on Ritalin for add was pretty crazy. I'd been drinking something like 8+ cups of coffee for a few years and was started on a tiny dose of Ritalin. Kicked in about the time I got to work, and I had my usual amount of coffee.
I apparently did about two days work before lunch when I was due for the second little bit. Not sure just how much I got done overall, but it was a LOT.
When I explained that I'd finally figured out to not have to coffee the next day, the boss said "thank god, you did a ton of work, but wouldn't shut up. And were going so fast we had a hard time understanding you. "
I also went to bed exhausted at around 8 instead of my usual midnight.
I'm pretty sure If I'd tried running I'd have been faster, and if anything would give me a remote chance of hitting an actual fastball, that would be it.
There's a reason nearly every sport makes you file for an exemption if you're diagnosed. (It also leaves the body quickly, so keeping it out of the actual competition is manageable ) And - surprise surprise, what's been a commonly diagnosed ailment in Baseball and Football and probably a lot of other sports?
Steve B