Addicted To Study Drugs: Students On The Edge

Study drugs are substances that claim to improve things like concentration, memory and creativity. Some carry the risks of serious adverse effects including psychiatric disorders and skin reactions. Here first hand what it's like to be addicted to them.
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[@simsohi]

A sizable chunk of the list seen on his spreadsheet are just essential amino acids. Dude doesn't need an underground pharma lab, he needs a can of beans.

[@tramtruong7433]

Lmao 🤣

[@khorchf]

phenibut, GHB, and Gabapentin are not essential amino acids, they're all gaba receptor affecting substances just like alcohol and benzodiazepines

[@pennypillow4445]

LOL dead

[@kitssch]

I mean at least he’s trying to be smart. Some people don’t even care 😂

[@luichen115]

@ Susan Green....haha true most kids these days are dumb as hell social media gives them a false sense of reality and facts they should know. For example whol of Asia = China, Nigeria= Africa as a whole and Mexico= latin america as whole and believe Russians are humanoid bears with kalishikovs and wodka shooting planes in the sky and druging ex-spies in the uk😂

[@Dnlle_cinna]

Susan Green true like for example, me 😂

[@kitssch]

cinna mon awww boooo lol 😝

[@aliceong9544]

Atleast he tried. Me too, i fear failure as much as death. And sometimes i see people from the back class, i feel like they're losing their chances against life. I mean, what do you expect from a dropout student that dosent even put in effort to be atleast successful in their life. And if they actually put in some effort and determination, they can be successful.

[@hassenalwaely6215]

Lol

[@manval96]

He should have studied pharmacy

[@athiram2572]

😍😍 pharmacy

[@Andrei-rp3dz]

Pharmacology*

[@athiram2572]

@@Andrei-rp3dz pharmacy

[@sarahjoybrittain5009]

Hahaha

[@weirdscience8341]

Leave her alone 😬

[@tomsgrandads]

100% he does media at Salford uni

[@orueom7720]

😂😂

[@keyholes]

I'm just amazed he can afford to cover the drugs and the running costs of the car as a student to be honest.

[@ryeofoatmeal]

i was wondering that too xD hes complaining about the tuition fees, yet can afford this hundreds pound worth of drugs per month :/

[@billgates4916]

Yeah but he is taking smart drugs babe

[@dangermouse6758]

From what i saw on his list its mostly bodybuilding supplements and herbs you can get legally and easily in the Uk quite exaggerated really.

[@dangermouse6758]

@@NA-gf1zy lol thanks man👍

[@khorchf]

nope, phenibut, GHB and Gabapentin are all psychoactive substances

[@Cakeasaurus01]

@@khorchf I see some opioids, Gabaα agonists, gabaβ agonists, barbiturates on his spreadsheet, that is definitively prescription only

[@ariar3799]

Good thing there were subtitles otherwise I wouldn’t be able to understand anything

[@CoreyWBaker]

you mean subtitles... right?

[@ariar3799]

Corey Baker I corrected it, stupid auto correct

[@Jade-5713]

I know right haha

[@henry12h]

He's chinese

[@jadek6382]

Self medicating is a very real thing for "high functioning" adults

[@Metaplan]

did these drugs gave him this voice? i´m impressed

[@yurhomi4478]

Club Meta 😂😂😂

[@error8556]

That's not actually his real voice they use a cover-up

[@thewildonesappear6594]

@@error8556 r/whooosh

[@_LilacRoses]

hahahahaha

[@Adam-dc9su]

@@error8556 oh dear

[@saltandpepper2889]

Been there done that... I suffered severe anxiety since middle school and i was on meds since i can remember actually... But when i got to college, with all the stress and pressure i ended up taking pills after pills but fortunately i realized how bad it was very early on

[@frieza2235]

Unfortunately*

[@veerk3494]

1:05 "I was smart but through studying" yes, can confirm that is how you get smart, hit the head right on the nail there, what a prodigy

[@snubbyy]

he's saying that he had to work harder than other people to be on their level

[@diarmuidsheehan4927]

@@snubbyy You don't always see the work other people put in, just the results

[@essenceocean595]

This guy actually has adhd so the drugs r genuinely helping him...however, he’s a prime example of what happens when mentally ill/different ppl don’t get what they need. They WILL search it out for themselves and end up potentially getting addicted like him. He thinks bcuz he does research and records everything that he has it under control. All he’s done is written his own obituary. Half the stuff that’s apparently illegal that I saw on there was just low grade ‘stimulants’, if u can even call them that, that your body produces anyway like L-theanine. B-12, Ginkgo Biloba root, black pepper and tumeric, these r all natural ways that supposedly boost ur brain if ur having problems. Ik bcuz I have ADD and for some reason my body built up a tolerance to adderal within weeks so I’ve tried just about everything. Everyone who’s normal and wants to try drugs to become smart: they don’t make you smart. Maybe they’ll make you feel smart or powerful if ur normal but it’s not actually upping ur IQ. I’d give anything to not have to take all of the meds that I have to take to remain semi-stable. Think about it for a second. I’m taking like 9 different psych meds right now just so I can have a chance at the normal functioning brain you just happened to be born with. Don’t fuck it up on drugs. That’s just so insulting to all of us who struggle every day.

[@lalakuma9]

Honestly though, I think school is so stressful that I've wondered if it would help if I took speed while I'm having brain fogs and anxiety. There are reasons why people would be tempted to abuse these drugs. You're expected to be able to focus when you get a million different things thrown at you. It's just unrealistic.

[@lindseyhoward3210]

I'm from the US-what are study drugs? And why does he take 100 pills a day? If he has ADD why doesn't he go to a DR and get adderal or it's equivalent ? I saw Lithium on his spreadsheet-why does he take that and buy it illegally? I read the title and thought he was addicted to the drugs from a medical study. This would have been way more beneficial had the BBC put more info into this. I have more questions than answers.

[@elle4277]

Lindsey Howard yeah I’m confused.. it looks like vyvanse in the thumbnail.. but defo doesn’t look like what he was taking. I think adderal and equivalents are illegal in the UK.

[@luichen115]

I Lindsey Howard.... ts drug very populair drug in western europe ...where student use it to boost their concentration to study alot of content. As many universities in Europe people have examinations of various courses close to each other so one might have a exam of european law and the next day financial accounting 2 things hard to study all at ones and do it right to get a good grade so some use ( studydrugs as they call it) to boost themselves.

[@arealamerican6329]

@@elle4277 there's literally nothing wrong with adderal in America children with ADHD take it to help them Focus but i can understand it's pretty much the same as street meth

[@Jagnon123]

It's probably mostly nootropics or research chemicals bought legally. I'm not sure what he's ordering of the deepweb, but I saw GHB on the list. He also may microdose lsd, which is surprisingly functional for productivity.

[@arealamerican6329]

@mikael I was prescribed it when I was 9 and it worked perfectly fine it depends on who you are

[@Daniel-sz2lq]

It’s mad because it’s people like this that end up losing their mind on drugs, going off on one and randomly killing someone for example, leaving everyone left thinking “oh my god why? He had everything going for him” I hope he realises that it’s HIM that’s smart, not the drugs.

[@Andrei-rp3dz]

It's placebo

[@balance3201]

But not smart enough for him to realise it will kill him.

[@samuelwilliams4155]

Balance no you’re not smart enough to realise you have no idea what you’re talking about

[@JeweleryPower]

This video gave me more questions then answers

[@SA-vd7ft]

Today is the day i realised that there r some drugs even to Focus on studies. We always want to escape from studies. RIP ALL THE STUDENTS

[@niaashmore9227]

Poor guy. He puts so much time and effort into his drug taking and recording that i wonder if all this effort is just avoidance of studying. He is in a vicious cycle. I sound judgmental and I truly don’t mean it. I bought 5-HTP from a herbalist in the uk and was myself on Citalopram (so his comments have freaked me out) I wasn’t asked what medication I was taking. Herbal drugs and supplements can be dangerous too. Good luck to him and I truly hope he can come off them soon.

[@R1pp3d]

You would likely have to take a very high dose of both to run into serious problems. I don't think there's actually any recorded deaths from people mixing 5htp with ssris and lots of people do. At the end of the day though, what you put into your body is your own responsibility, there's little excuse for not researching things before you take them now that everybody's got an internetconnection in their pocket. And if you do decide to try something potentially harmful, start at a low dose, don't run it for long periods etc etc..

[@niaashmore9227]

R1pp3d - you are absolutely right on the responsibility front. It’s a choice like any other. How many of us check what a doctor gives us. Thanks for the extra info about 5HTP X

[@01HILARYKEEGAN]

Don't mix!! Know a friend who nearly died from serotonin syndrome, Duloxine and 5Htp

[@LauraBidingCitizen]

I’m on upwards of 55+ prescription meds a day. I have 2 chronic genetic disabilities (amongst a few other things) & I literally sat down with my GP & said I wasn’t leaving his room until we’d gone through each of my meds with a fine tooth comb to make sure they all mix. I have self researched to the point where my brain is numb, any questions I will ask (that I can’t find online). SSRI’s aren’t dangerous unless you’re on very high dosages & self prescribing with off the counter shit like this guy is doing, so please don’t concern yourself regarding them, you’re absolutely fine. X

[@niaashmore9227]

Laura Williams - thanks Laura. I really hope you got some answers about your meds x

[@dami1219]

It's just a placebo effect to be honest

[@zzey]

He got it of the rest o

[@khorchf]

definitely not I've tried phenibut and pregabalin which are both psychoactive substances, also he had GHB and Gabapentin which are all psychoactive substances

[@dami1219]

@VideoCubes alright Mr alpha male 😂

[@Wuus]

That’s legit a MY Protein supplement bottle 😂😂😂

[@thunderpussy8956]

Fair play to him. I'm 41 and feel like an 80 year old. I only wish I knew where to get adderall or vyvanse. Unfortunately I live in a tiny Scottish village 5 hours North of Glasgow, so I'm fooked lol.

[@Evemee]

One of my good friends died of a drug overdose.

[@gracerose8252]

Slippery slope Everyone thinks they have it under control some unto their last breath

[@Top_roller101]

If the guys got ADHD then he could just get it prescribed to him for FREE?!

[@generic-george]

I dont think ADHD is a condition that gives a medical exemption certificate. I have an exemption for having a thyroid problem. But never seen one for ADHD

[@philliptaylor9129]

Even without an exemption certificate, a single prescription in the UK costs only £8 a month.

[@MonkeyDeRuffy777]

Pressure of the university? I studied one year at a university of England that was a joke, compared to a German university. I would even consider myself below average when it comes to intelligence and I was more bored than stressed. I've seen stuff in economics, that is a joke I could even answer stuff without ever studied that subject. I also ask myself why the hell everyone hast to study in the UK?

[@I3RV]

See kids, don't take any drugs or your voice will end up like this forever.

[@ariar3799]

How is he not dead?!

[@MsGreer01]

Roza a he will be soon

[@fubar12345]

Read the list of substances he's taking. Most of them are regular supplements you'd buy in any health store.

[@atropa6053]

It sounds scary because it says 60 capsules, if it said x grams of powder it wouldnt sound so scary. I dont get why he bothers capsulating it instead of just toss-and-washing though :D

[@the80386]

he's not dead because many so called enhancement drugs are placebo cashing in on the hype

[@JakeTapeWallets]

Right, you can write better now but soon you will take them and not be able to think.

[@rev_schubert5289]

Bruh, all of this could've been done with just Adderall or even modafinil...dude is crazy...

[@stevohein2515]

Dude needs to hear about one called 'coffee'.

[@smashyland]

From the small bit of his list that I saw and from the pills he spoke about I suddenly realised this video is not what I thought it would be, I was expecting another Adderall abuse video but all this kids medicines are genuinely pointless and won't make him smarter if anything make him ill. From the list I saw most were anti depressants, anti psychotics, off label drugs for Alzheimer's ect, none of which will give him any positive effect because he is using them incorrectly for illnesses he doesn't have , pointless taking antipsychotics or antidepressants ect to 'get smart'? Honestly some of his meds on that list just ridiculous. I though you know what I will give him a break maybe he is just incredibly well knowledgeable on drugs that have possible performance enhancing properties that not many people know about, until he references the film limitless. Think he needs to do more studying how ironic.

[@istandwithkalief9993]

I am 41 year old man from Pittsburgh Pennsylvania have been battling the disease of addiction since age 17 I go to a methadone clinic I also have PTSD and Panic disorder. Very recently I started using amphetamines. Adderal. I also take Klonopin daily for my panic disorder although I do not ause that. I've never been a speed person it seems the Adderall has taken me like nothing else very scared😥😥 right now

[@mizzwanned]

Wouldn't that cause liver damage?

[@ibra4306]

The spreadsheet which displays what he takes, how often and for how much is on a Lenovo laptop with what seems to be windows 7. But all his coursework is on his Mac. Interesting.

[@dioncaleb4465]

Probably uses the Lenovo for ordering of the darkweb and doesn’t want to use the same laptop for personal use

[@pilot696]

0:35 MyProtein BCAA tablets hahahahaha

[@amanatee27]

Thank you for making these types of videos. Very interesting.

[@theseekerdesperate4968]

i have a dyslexia. i know what he was talking about. i experienced it. but drugs is addicted. you'll crave for more and more and if you take this dosage on the next day you will look for more high dosage. untill you'll out of control..

[@cheesball96]

Also curious why he had GHB on his spreadsheet..

[@manhp]

Amino acids and 5-HTP? ever been to Holland and Barrett mate?

[@katzen3314]

He acknowledges that he's got an addictive personality, and takes up to 100 pills a day, yet still thinks he's not addicted.

[@farrakhyasin822]

Katzen33 How does his stomach digest all those pills?

[@shivraj3770]

Oh..man it's so sad to hear that..Right now in India I feel so free in midst of nature in Western ghats with no pressure on any education and with free school education by government. Indian system of study is the best where parents don't force children for education & we normally don't give more importance to money but indulge more in family bonding, happyness & experiencing the beautiful nature .

[@Luis-zx3ls]

So why are indians so broke sounds like the system is shit

[@Luis-zx3ls]

India is known for scamming uguys have thousands of scammers calling us americans atleast 10 times a day

[@factisstrangerthanfiction7179]

@@Luis-zx3ls Your far from the truth mate whilst I can assume your not indian so opinion falls short, are you a patriot to your country?

[@factisstrangerthanfiction7179]

Btw Murali your comment speaks louder than words and I couldn't describe it any better 👏.

[@neosomaliana]

@@factisstrangerthanfiction7179 how does his comment speak louder than words when it consists of... words?

[@andydeng8218]

If he has ADHD, he can just get modafinil and other smart drugs from the doctors ...?

[@PabloSeshcabar]

A D UK doctors are very anti prescribing medications like that

[@andydeng8218]

FaZe Pepe not at Warwick they aren’t. Or Yorkshire.

[@Bundesligahoffefan]

Pressure at universities and especially difficulty is wayyyy to low. Only a small percentage of people are supposed to go to university in the first place. But nowadays one in 5 ppl (stats for Germany) go there, a number that's wayyyy to high. Even elite universities lowered their standard over the years

[@Cloudyyyy88]

HAHA, the guy though he was so cool at the start.

[@missnicole391]

Literally half the things he has in his spreadsheet don't help attention or focus. Coming from someone who has severe ADHD and also chronic medical conditions- I know what will and won't help you focus/study. Ex. Gabapentin (seizure/ chronic pain med) and 5HTP (helps reduce anxiety and help depression)

[@testingtest3322]

missnicole391 I take 6 Ritalin per day for ADHD (severe) and that does me just fine! This guy has one hell of a habit

[@missnicole391]

Yeah seriously. I take the max dose of Adderral when I need to get work done. It does make me very talkative, but otherwise I wouldn't be able to form a sentence or focus on one task.

[@urbreakingmabals]

Yeah I saw gabapentin and thought wtf, also lexothyroxine lmao whats this guy doing

[@missnicole391]

He obviously has some dependency issues. I didn't see levothyroxine, but that's really bad if he's taking it and doesn't have hypothyroidism.

[@generic-george]

It's really not that bad, he will just get some symptoms of hyperthyroidism.

[@abbyraine8189]

The pills in the thumbnail look like 40mg Biphentin capsules, they are a Canadian version of slow release Ritalin.

[@jellybeesplease]

It's a little sad that they didn't pick up on his Apergers before university, I guess it depends on how different schools treat things like that... University is hard on it's own, never mind getting through it with Autism.

[@Kell1_y]

Try a healthy lifestyle . That’s not me trying to take dig or whatever. I genuinely mean that. Eating Regular healthy meals and sticking to a Consistent active Routine will give you the edge you need more than any drug. You’ve gone out in search of “quick fix” found yourself a placebo and now you’re convinced it’s the only way, Or thing that’s working for you. When in reality it’s literally doing more harm than any good you’ve convinced yourself it has. Plus... You’re literally taking your money and putting it in a shredder.

[@verge8513]

5 HTP ILLEGAL WHAT??

[@coldcole]

I love this channel cause of their subtitles😍😙

[@valkriedover5362]

weird, some of them had the MyProtein packaging

[@ShottaIbby]

This seems largely exaggerated, Modafinil, Provigil, Alpha GPC, 5-HTP are available online tbh, they aren't exactly illegal, that's more along the lines of Anabolic Steroids. The drugs he has on this 'list' are mostly herb extracts and/or basic drugs available over the counter at a Pharmacy albeit online or in person. They come with their side effects and should never be taken in excess, so 100 pills a day is a bit crazy and exaggerated because I can imagine he'd probably be dead by now, and that would simply be from a trigger of taking so much medication at once. It's conflicting...

[@khorchf]

he also had Gabapentin and phenibut, the former which is a PoM and latter which is sold as a food supplement online, but they're both psychoactive substances

[@khorchf]

forgot to mention GHB too... that's probably the most dangerous of them all due to it's potency, a dosage to get high off of it would be like 2ml, and it's sold in bottles of 100ml to galons of 25 litres online

[@beehulme8646]

you should do a documentary about the knife crime,drug use, alcohol abuse , and younge (like 9 yrs) people engaging in sexual activity in Greenock Scotland

[@ytkel8880]

man is taking 60 pills a day but apparently he doesn’t want to get addicted 🤦‍♀️

[@shelbychapa]

90% of that were vitamins? I saw like 10 aminos?

[@andrewlillys3486]

Ok someone post the link to the site this guy uses

[@ruski8843]

probs dream market

[@MrMoviem8]

indeed. Only decent market left.

[@ftbs2127]

Wtf if your gunna take loads of drugs at least take some decent ones

[@TwStTempo]

To be fair with the amount he’s spending, for the majority of stuff that he buys, he is most likely paying for a lot of shit that doesn’t actually do very much, it’s just marketed as such.

[@benengland1710]

Kin'ell! mate just stick to the coke and ditch all those pills!

[@shaz3r786]

was i not paying attention (pardon the irony), or did they not mention any hardcore study drugs like Ritalin or Concerta?

[@coldturkey5333]

Limitless vibes here

[@xpertaab7261]

This kid was probably arrested or something after this video.

[@jamesevans938]

I take lisdexamfetamine to help me concentrate because I have adhd but I get the get legally because it’s prescribed by my doctor

[@georgia7723]

What the fuck man? Citalopram and 5-HTP ain't study drugs. If he has ADHD he could probably get adderall from a doctor. Now that will help you focus. I think it's the placebo effect that makes him feel like all of this is working.

[@user-wq6hr9xi2n]

*hear

[@ticks4ticks4]

5-HTP? Weird supplements? Weird!

[@juliakercsmar6587]

My dude if you got diagnosed with adhd and ASD as an adult doest mean they wont prescribe your standard meth for you to focus properly. Go get an evaluation and get meds adjusted. You got universal healthcare right? Since uni is really freakin expensive in the uk at least stop waisting thousands of pounds on drugs and supplements.

[@daisydrawsstuff4227]

Wait i didnt know 5htp was illegal I get it off amazon??

[@adamsiddique96]

Where can you buy this from?

[@miroslavkocka987]

I have ADHD too its hard for me to focus, but when theres a will everything is possible. All in the head anyway

[@x8n42xb67n]

thought this was going to be about modafinil, 5htp isn't a study drug ahah he's just bashing random shit into his body that's got nothing to do with studying

[@RC-vb7by]

Anyone notice that you can still tell that he is scouse

[@jaejones8736]

Someone skipped colour grading haha.

[@dontrelate465]

Or you could just study. So glad I haven’t gone to college yet.

[@MIDOGALI]

"Modern Britain: we make it easy for you to be drug addict"

[@claireowens2884]

Sadly, he really sounds like he is trying to do something he cannot do. I know he keeps saying how clever he is, but who really talks like that. It sounds like wish-fulfilment. I'm not suggesting he is intellectually lacking, but I really think that he, in himself, is just struggling to do a degree and he cannot face this. This is, after all, what does seem to be going on in the UK - the excessive focus on higher education, the dumbing down of A-Levels, and universities now running like businesses which are predominantly interested in the money they are making, has all led to too many people going to university, people who 20-30 years ago would have been seen as not capable of it. Also, if he does have Asperger's and ADHD, then this would really quite seriously affect his intellectual capabilities. With ADHD, he might be better trying to do a degree part-time, because the very disorder is not conducive to taking on a full-time degree (perhaps even a degree programme per se). While, with Asperger's they tend to have an unusual intellectual profile - they can have intelligence (such as pedantically focusing on the minutiae of a problem) but can lack other intelligence skills (such as taking in the general gist of something). And sadly, university study requires the latter intellectual skills - you simply cannot study huge courses, and lots of textbooks and other materials, if you don't have the skills to (as rapidly as possible) take in huge amounts of information, sift what information you do and don't need, summarising lots of information, etc). (And even if you do make it, you are probably trying to enter a professional level job that will require the same intellectual skills that you are deficit and struggling in). I think the lesson from this mini-documentary is to learn who you are, accept it, and then work with it. And if this means not following the masses into university then so be it. Because, quite frankly, you will can earn as much (if not more) money these days getting into the workplace and working your way up, while you also won't have tens of thousands of pounds in student debt dogging you for, possibly, the rest of your life.

[@fish.161]

shows an uncomfortable amount of eye and lower half of face to use a voice garbler

[@SoSo-li6dn]

I'm not taking it if that's what it does to your voice.

[@jaeminchoi6756]

Is the outro song lucid dreams?

[@christinenaganathan1253]

What is it modafinil or adderall

[@missnietzsche6572]

Phentermine what the hell

[@popicelolly]

All that studying won't matter if you're dead..

[@nepadron]

Dude needs to drink more water. His lips are dry as hell. I just started taking Vyvanse -- found a doctor in my city who is still perfectly willing to prescribe what is needed and what works, despite the witch-hunts going on right now. Saw 5 other doctors before this one that refused to ever prescribe any controlled substances for any reason (I didn't ask for anything, just a voluntary disclaimer when you come in with panic disorders?) -- 3 of them were psychiatrists.

[@RetroPlus]

It's not worth the side effects, he's making a huge mistake.

[@bunnywhitefluff5675]

The time he is wasting making and consuming these pills he could just use that in study and do much more better.😞

[@spiritualdisciple8153]

They’re good!

[@Hannah-qe9si]

Just smoke weed lol

[@marisabel1627]

lol @ how this was shot at my uni

[@jahangeerdashti5745]

Oh u madman....

[@miroslavkocka987]

Guy will end up frying his brain, by the time he is in his late 30's he wont be able to spell his name, good luck.

[@cheesball96]

Hey isn't another shitty job of hiding the student's identity.

[@deborahk5433]

Dude this might not end well for you quit before its too late!!

[@VpKing]

Instead spending all this time preparing the drugs . He should have went and studied

[@thecringesaltawardcompany1818]

Look what the drugs did to his voice

[@jasonlongo6823]

He's very edgy

[@222jese]

I wouldn't trust anything from the dark web

[@farrakhyasin822]

222jese Given the intelligence in today's society, I think most people would trust the Dark Web.

[@lydiaray2047]

Actually buying drugs off the dark web is a lot safer than buying elsewhere as they use a site similar to eBay where people can rate drugs and give feedback and if any drugs that have been sold are dodgy they will be taken off.

[@adrianfernand33s]

Lol this guy putting poison in his body, for a bit of knowledge

[@fergaloneill1247]

Drugs are bad

[@learning6267]

I'm pretty sure nobody is smart from the start they studied there ass off to become smart. There some people who can understand things quickly than other but that's beauty of it