stimulant
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Clinicians call this the “prescribing cascade”: An antidepressant causes insomnia, so a sleep aid is added; a stimulant causes irritability, so a mood stabilizer follows.
From The Wall Street Journal • May 10, 2026
For decades, stimulant medications have been thought to work by directly influencing brain regions responsible for attention.
From Science Daily • Dec. 29, 2025
Of these, about 22,000 hectares are legal -- grown to be chewed as a stimulant, brewed into a tea thought to combat altitude sickness or used in religious rituals.
From Barron's • Nov. 21, 2025
Caffeine is a stimulant that can make you feel more alert and less sleepy due to its effect on the brain and nervous system.
From BBC • Jul. 31, 2025
It was their delight, their folly, their anodyne, their intellectual stimulant.
From "1984" by George Orwell
Vocabulary lists containing stimulant
Across Five Aprils
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Lesson 4
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Selection Vocabulary 2, Unit 6
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