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  • (explaining why the treatise was published as an appendix rather than a preface), in [Balzac's] mind, the 'Treatise on Modern Stimulants' is a complement to the Physiology of Taste, since Balzac addresses there material that

    Notes on 'Economies of Excess in Brillat-Savarin, Balzac, and Baudelaire' 2007

  • Stimulants, for many of us with the condition, are focusing and calming.

    Michael B. Laskoff: Sex, Drugs & ADD/ADHD Michael B. Laskoff 2010

  • Kids with attention deficit/hyperactivity disorder ADHD have the opposite reaction: Stimulants calm them down and help them to focus.

    You Raising Your Child Michael F. Roizen 2010

  • Risks: Stimulants; downers; alcohol; hallucinogens; narcissistic relationships that end really badly; infections; physical collapse; suicidal behaviors

    Matthew Edlund, M.D.: Celebrity Rehab 101 -- Risks and Prevention 2010

  • Kids with attention deficit/hyperactivity disorder ADHD have the opposite reaction: Stimulants calm them down and help them to focus.

    You Raising Your Child Michael F. Roizen 2010

  • Its most memorable moment came when Sachin Tendulkar, wearing four sweaters, was clean bowled by a 27-year-old named Roger Whelan, who promptly retired from cricket to sing lead vocals with The Stimulants, a thrash-metal band from Dublin.

    Irish Cricket Seeks World Status Richard Gillis 2010

  • Risks: Stimulants; downers; alcohol; hallucinogens; narcissistic relationships that end really badly; infections; physical collapse; suicidal behaviors

    Matthew Edlund, M.D.: Celebrity Rehab 101 -- Risks and Prevention 2010

  • Risks: Stimulants, including coffee and tea; sleeping pills -- often in combination with stimulants to produce the "Up Down Trap" of trying to be both "on" to perform and then quickly "off"; alcohol; profound sleep deprivation with intermittent depression; general physical malaise.

    Matthew Edlund, M.D.: Celebrity Rehab 101 -- Risks and Prevention 2010

  • Risks: Stimulants, including coffee and tea; sleeping pills -- often in combination with stimulants to produce the "Up Down Trap" of trying to be both "on" to perform and then quickly "off"; alcohol; profound sleep deprivation with intermittent depression; general physical malaise.

    Matthew Edlund, M.D.: Celebrity Rehab 101 -- Risks and Prevention 2010

  • Its most memorable moment came when Sachin Tendulkar, wearing four sweaters, was clean bowled by a 27-year-old named Roger Whelan, who promptly retired from cricket to sing lead vocals with The Stimulants, a thrash-metal band from Dublin.

    Irish Cricket Seeks World Status Richard Gillis 2010

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