Amphetamine for treating attention deficit hyperactivity disorder

Amphetamine is a central nervous system stimulant that affects chemicals in the brain and nerves that contribute to hyperactivity and impulse control. It is used to treat attention deficit hyperactivity disorder. ADHD
Amphetamine may be habit-forming, and the medicine is a drug of abuse.

Stimulants have caused stroke, heart attack, and sudden death in people with high blood pressure, heart disease, or a heart defect. Do not use amphetamine if you have used an MAO inhibitor in the past two weeks, such as isocarboxazid, linezolid, methylene blue injection, phenelzine, rasagiline, selegiline, or tranylcypromine.

Amphetamine may cause new or worsening psychosis- unusual thoughts or behavior, especially if you have a history of depression, mental illness, or bipolar disorder. You may have blood circulation problems that can cause numbness, pain, or discoloration in your fingers or toes after using the drug.

Call your doctor if you have: signs of heart problems, feeling light-headed or short of breath; signs of psychosis--paranoia, aggression, new behavior problems, seeing or hearing things that are not real; signs of circulation problems--unexplained wounds on your fingers or toes.

Do not use amphetamine if you are allergic to any stimulant medicine, or if you have: moderate to severe high blood pressure; overactive thyroid;
severe anxiety, tension, or agitation.
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Women have more active brains than men

Researchers used single photon emission computed tomography SPECT to spot the differences between the brains of men and women. Using functional neuroimaging tools like SPECT, are essential for brain treatments.

The brains of women in the study were significantly more active in many more areas of the brain than men, especially in the prefrontal cortex, involved with focus and impulse control, and the limbic or emotional areas of the brain, involved with mood and anxiety.

The visual and coordination centers of the brain were more active in men. SPECT can measure blood perfusion in the brain. Images acquired from subjects at rest or while performing various cognitive tasks will show different blood flow in specific brain regions.

Researchers examined healthy participants and patients with different psychiatric conditions such as brain trauma, bipolar disorders, mood disorders, psychotic disorders, and attention deficit hyperactivity disorder ADHD.

A total of 128 brain regions were analyzed while performing a concentration task. Understanding these differences is important because brain disorders affect men and women in different ways.

Women have significantly higher rate of depression, which is a risk factor for Alzheimer's disease and anxiety disorders, while men have higher rates of  attention deficit hyperactivity disorder ADHD and incarceration.

Their is an increased prefrontal cortex blood flow in women compared to men, this may be the reason why women tend to exhibit greater strengths in the areas of empathy, intuition, collaboration and self-control.

Researchers also found increased blood flow in limbic areas of the brains of women, which may be the reason why women are more vulnerable to anxiety, depression, insomnia, and eating disorders.
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