Adderall

[DUNCANownsKOBE]

Wasn't diagnosed till several years ago tbh. Didn't take any as a kid.

[LnGrrrR]

I got diagnosed with ADHD once, and tried taking a prescription for it (think it was Adderall, can't remember.) I didn't really feel any appreciable difference, though everyone around me said I sucked when I was on it because I was like a zombie. (I'm rather animated in real life, I suppose.) I didn't reup my prescription, since I didn't feel any more "motivated".

Edit: Fwiw, I was diagnosed around the age of 25.

[GoodOdor]

I agree that ADD/ADHD is often over/misdiagnosed, especially in early childhood. Kids are naturally ADD--that's what makes them kids. If you start one out on amphetamines early in life then of course they'll be hooked and incapacitated w/o them. I used to get this so easily in college (scrip for 60 20mg pills) from a Doc in the box. I'd keep 10 for myself and make a killing off the remaining 50--especially around midterms and finals. You could bang out a 5 page paper in 30 minutes or study like it's nobody's business. They say you only use 3% of your brain or some , but it felt like you were using 100% on that .

Scrah, that's actually not true - you use %100 of it, or at least very close to it.

[DeadlyDynasty]

Scrah, that's actually not true - you use %100 of it, or at least very close to it.

ing Rip Torn lied to me then.

[GoodOdor]

ing Rip Torn lied to me then.

I think the origin of this myth was those woo-peddlers, something along the lines of:

"if we only use 10% of our brains imagine what is possible! telekinesis/bigfoot/ghosts could all be real!"

[DPG21920]

What's funny too is the MWADD (Mentally Weak Attention Deficit Disorder) crew will be first in line to scoff alcoholics & drug addicts. They compare ADD to other diseases and say they need drugs. I wasn't aware you would die without ADD meds like other diseases.

[TE]

I'm prescribed for 20 mg XR tablets. However, I don't take it religiously until I put myself on overdrive when I study (which on the reg, is about 4-5 days before exams). It really does help.

[LnGrrrR]

What's funny too is the MWADD (Mentally Weak Attention Deficit Disorder) crew will be first in line to scoff alcoholics & drug addicts. They compare ADD to other diseases and say they need drugs. I wasn't aware you would die without ADD meds like other diseases.

Not quite sure you're posting with a stick up your ass DPG. If anything, people with ADD are mentally different, not "weak". There's a few articles about successful businessmen who have used the "benefits" of ADD/ADHD to their advantage.

And no one is saying they'd die without drugs, obviously. People with PTSD won't die without meds either, will they? I guess tha means PTSD is made up, too. In fact, nearly every mental disease must not REALLY be a disease.

In fact, if we're only going for "death" as a sign that a disease is real, I guess arthritis doesn't count. A flu is no longer a "disease", unless you're a kid or old person. Chickenpox is no longer a disease either, unless you're older than a child.

You know, the whole idea of "death or it's not a disease" sounds complicated and stupid. I guess that's why doctors don't use it, huh?

[LnGrrrR]

Regarding the whole 10% myth, I believe that 10% is actively creating electric pulses, and the other 90% are related to the "infrastructure" of the brain to carry the symbol. I could be 100% wrong about this, though; take with a grain of salt.

[DUNCANownsKOBE]

Not quite sure you're posting with a stick up your ass DPG.

He's trying to troll.

[LnGrrrR]

He's trying to troll.

There's only a few people who can troll ST without making themselves look like re s. BUMP's pretty good at it.

[TE]

Not quite sure you're posting with a stick up your ass DPG. If anything, people with ADD are mentally different, not "weak". There's a few articles about successful businessmen who have used the "benefits" of ADD/ADHD to their advantage.

And no one is saying they'd die without drugs, obviously. People with PTSD won't die without meds either, will they? I guess tha means PTSD is made up, too. In fact, nearly every mental disease must not REALLY be a disease.

In fact, if we're only going for "death" as a sign that a disease is real, I guess arthritis doesn't count. A flu is no longer a "disease", unless you're a kid or old person. Chickenpox is no longer a disease either, unless you're older than a child.

You know, the whole idea of "death or it's not a disease" sounds complicated and stupid. I guess that's why doctors don't use it, huh?

LN provides the sweeping the leg goods to a troll-minded DPG imo

[DeadlyDynasty]

Imma get my popcorn ready

[DPG21920]

Haha

[DPG21920]

Went for the Marlin caught a Chilean Sea Bass. Not bad IMO.

[DUNCANownsKOBE]

Better than a Chilean Sea Dog

http://www.urbandictionary.com/defin...hilean+sea+dog

[LnGrrrR]

Went for the Marlin caught a Chilean Sea Bass. Not bad IMO.

I'm not sure if that's a backhanded compliment or not

[spurs_fan_in_exile]

I agree that ADD/ADHD is often over/misdiagnosed, especially in early childhood. Kids are naturally ADD--that's what makes them kids. If you start one out on amphetamines early in life then of course they'll be hooked and incapacitated w/o them. I used to get this so easily in college (scrip for 60 20mg pills) from a Doc in the box. I'd keep 10 for myself and make a killing off the remaining 50--especially around midterms and finals. You could bang out a 5 page paper in 30 minutes or study like it's nobody's business. They say you only use 3% of your brain or some , but it felt like you were using 100% on Adderall.

One of my student workers had a similar business going. The whole thing is almost too ridiculous to believe. Basically her grades started to slide her senior year of high school because she just got lazy and her parents freaked out and insisted she be tested for learning disabilities (mind you she'd be an exemplary student for a solid decade before two report cards with a handful of Cs). She was totally surprised when their family doc prescribed something, she thinks mostly because of her parents pressuring him. Anyways she hated how they made her feel so she barely took them but since her grades bounced back her parents got convinced that she'd had ADD all this damn time and they were geniuses for pushing her to get tested. Turned the prescription into a cash cow around finals time every semester.

[Clipper Nation]

What's funny too is the MWADD (Mentally Weak Attention Deficit Disorder) crew will be first in line to scoff alcoholics & drug addicts. They compare ADD to other diseases and say they need drugs. I wasn't aware you would die without ADD meds like other diseases.

Not sure you get what ADD actually is tbh.... it's not "mental weakness," it's a difference in brain chemistry...

If anything, ADD provides mental STRENGTH, specifically in creative thought....

DPG with the ful trolling bads

[DPG21920]

^ that's SBM levels of bad

[Ghazi]

I'm manic depressive!

[LnGrrrR]

Ghazi's medicine cabinet is STTTTAAAAAACCCCKKKKKEEEEEDDD

[BUMP]

I got ghazi's medicine cabinet (-3)

[BUMP]

etc

[DeadlyDynasty]

I'm manic depressive!

Just don't tell me you're on Lithium.