Initially when I took the Ritalin, I didn't feel any difference.
起初我吃它 并沒有感覺到不同
Only really afterwards did I actually
等到一段時間過后
notice that I felt slightly more focused than I usually do.
才發現我比平時更集中精力
I found it really difficult to kind of get into that mental state
我發現要進入那種
where I kind of felt I could just sit and do nothing.
干坐著不干活的精神狀態很困難
I found myself looking for things to occupy my attention.
我發現自己在找東西來占據注意力
Ritalin can work as a cognitive enhancer.
利他林也可以用作認知增強劑
If a person without ADHD takes it,
如果一個沒有患ADHD的人服用它
it can make them cleverer.
它可以使他們更聰明
It's a discovery not lost on the country's academic elite.
這個發現并沒有被學術精英們忽視
Here at Cambridge University, students are abusing Ritalin
在劍橋大學 學生們濫用利他林
or its close relative, modafinil, to help them get ahead.
或者它的類似物莫達非尼 來增進學業
A few of my friends do what they call modafi-vising.
我的一些朋友服用他們所謂的莫達聰明劑
It can keep them up for 24 hours and they can keep on going.
它可以使他們24小時保持興奮
I think they feel pretty shocking after it,
我想他們過后肯定會很心煩意亂
but if you need to do a lot of work in a short amount of time,
但如果要在短時間里完成大量工作
then that's one way I've heard it can be done.
這就是我所知道的有效方法