Stimulant
Articles tagged Stimulant cover when this care approach may fit, what to expect, tradeoffs, safety questions, and how it can connect with therapy, medication, or lifestyle work.
Guanfacine (Intuniv)
Guanfacine is one of those drugs that quietly does a lot of work and almost nobody talks about, which is sort of par for the course in psychiatry...
Nov 14, 2025
Vyvanse
Vyvanse is Adderall with a seatbelt.
Oct 10, 2025
Modafinil (Provigil)
Modafinil isn't a genius pill. It's a stay-awake medication for real sleepiness problems, with smart-drug hype, rash warnings, and birth-control issues.
Oct 7, 2025
How to Transfer Your ADHD Prescription to a New Provider
Maybe you moved. Maybe your provider retired.
Oct 1, 2025
Adult ADHD, Explained
Adult ADHD treatment is one of the parts of psychiatry where the gap between what works and what most patients actually get prescribed is genuinely wide.
Sep 18, 2025
Ritalin and Methylphenidate
Methylphenidate has been around since 1944 and is still, in 2026, one of the most reliable molecules in psychiatry. Ritalin is the original brand.
Aug 14, 2025
Adderall
Adderall is amphetamine.
Jul 29, 2025
Stimulants Help Most People Focus. That Isn’t an ADHD Test.
The single most common ADHD diagnostic story I hear in the room goes like this...
Jul 13, 2025
Stimulants and cardiovascular safety in adults
For decades the conversation about stimulant cardiovascular risk was muddled, with primary care doctors being more cautious than the data warranted and psychiatrists being maybe a little too…
Apr 18, 2025
Clonidine
Clonidine is a blood pressure medication from the 1970s that turned out to be useful for half a dozen things it was never designed for.
Apr 13, 2025
Strattera (atomoxetine)
Strattera is the non-stimulant ADHD medication that most adults don’t think about until they have to, which is usually because stimulants are off the table for some reason.…
Apr 10, 2025
Adderall vs Vyvanse: side by side
Both are amphetamines, both work, the differences are real but not enormous, and the right answer for any given patient depends on factors that the rep…
Jan 22, 2025