
How do ADHD and Adderall™ change the chemistry in our brains?
Chemistry For Your Life
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The Inattentive Type of ADHD
Methamphetamine is amphetamine with an extra methyl group. That's just one carbon with three hydrogens around it. It's the same structure as amphetamine, but it has an extra carbon group. The other interesting thing is actually they used to have ADHD and ADD. They've actually changed that now and there is all ADHD. But there's two types. There's an inattentive type or hyperactive type.
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