I spent years trying to come up with a mental strategy that would reliably generate willpower, all to no avail. To my knowledge, there is one (1) way to cut through this Gordian knot, and that way is amphetamines.
It is easy to get a psychiatrist to prescribe you amphetamines.[1]
If you request generic drugs over brand-name, they’re pretty inexpensive.
Amphetamines greatly reduce one’s appetite; Adderall was originally sold as a diet pill. For the first time in my life, I could empathize with those people who just forget to eat.
Health risk is minimal.[1:1] In fact, on account of the caloric restriction[2], you could make a solid case that amphetamine supplementation actually increases your expected lifespan.
In my experience (and many others’), amphetamines reliably inhibit akrasia.
People on this site often conclude that akrasia is their primary bottleneck, and then try to solve that problem with a more elaborate to-do list system. I’ve been there, and it’s ineffective. Dextroamphetamine is effective.
It’s time for me to shill for Big Pharma again.
I spent years trying to come up with a mental strategy that would reliably generate willpower, all to no avail. To my knowledge, there is one (1) way to cut through this Gordian knot, and that way is amphetamines.
It is easy to get a psychiatrist to prescribe you amphetamines.[1]
If you request generic drugs over brand-name, they’re pretty inexpensive.
Amphetamines greatly reduce one’s appetite; Adderall was originally sold as a diet pill. For the first time in my life, I could empathize with those people who just forget to eat.
Health risk is minimal.[1:1] In fact, on account of the caloric restriction[2], you could make a solid case that amphetamine supplementation actually increases your expected lifespan.
In my experience (and many others’), amphetamines reliably inhibit akrasia.
People on this site often conclude that akrasia is their primary bottleneck, and then try to solve that problem with a more elaborate to-do list system. I’ve been there, and it’s ineffective. Dextroamphetamine is effective.
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