MC adams
GO F_ YOURSELF!
I think you are looking in the wrong place for a person "addicted" to Adderall. This type of abuse is usually among non- ADHDers.
Those of us with ADHD and who take Adderall take it because our brain chemistry is such that this medication helps us function more "normally". Many of us take very small amounts.
I can go days without taking Adderall. Again, It's the people who DON"T have ADHD that are way more likely to abuse it and become addicted.
bepatient38686.693587963I am writing an article on the use of the drug adderall. I was wondering if anyone would be interested in sharing their story. If so, please let me know. I want to focus on someone who has been addicted to the drug and how they are coping? How did it start? Did you experience any harsh side effects? What do you think about the problem of using adderall as a study drug on college campuses? Anyone with an interesting story would be extremely helpful thanks!!!0005,
It's not your insinuative question, it's McAdams. The question he asked when starting this thread! We with ADHD arn't Addarall adicts. Why does he/she think there are any here? I'm with rayray and finding it hard to contain myself!
So Go.. you know what yourself McAdams. I hate ignorance!
bepatient38688.8459490741what a goober. Oh sure, I go around harassing people every day on this board, yeah right. Once again, an IGNORANT comment on your part.
How would a "problem" with Adderall make someone spend time on message boards? You obviously have absolutely no idea how I spend the majority of my time and what I am accomplishing in my life.
So get back on your narrow minded road to conformity!
Go ask your friends and family if they would like to speak to you about their possible drug addictions. If they're as "normal" as you, you'll be sure to find more adicts among them then here.
McAdams -
You may have positive intentions and want to "help" but we really don't need the kind of help you seem to want to offer. It might be more useful to find a group that wants your help.
If you actually do want to help people with add, I can recommend some other topics for your paper.
Thanks.
Take your own advice...I hope your Adderall makes your freakin' head explode off your body one day. Hopefully one day you'll OD and then you won't waste your life harassing people every day on this message board. As for being a "conformist" my whole life, you've got it all wrong, buddy. Maybe you're the conformist. "ADHD" that is the epitome of conformity…diagnosing a set of behavioral traits. Obviously you do have a problem with Adderall because you spend all of your time on this message board!!! It does become a problem, though, in a society like ours, where any deviation from a very narrow set of acceptable behaviors and thought processes are not well tolerated. That is what I call CONFORMITY!!![QUOTE=McAdams]Rayray, maybe you should find something better to do with your life than leave those silly little messages. People like you are just too afraid to speak up in their real lives, so they just do it through the computer. Now, because I feel sorry for you I thought I would help you out and let you know that you need to grow up, but I am not the kind of person to argue back and forth on a computer, so you may want to look elsewhere. Hope you take my advice![/QUOTE]
Changed your mind there McAdams?? You seemed to say how you're not the type of person to argue back and forth on a computer. Ohhhhh ok, sorry my mistake, you weren't arguing, you were harassing. Yes, yes, you're right, that's much better.
Now what exactly is it are you trying to accomplish here?
I may be wrong, and a forgive me if I am, but isn't it hard to be addicted to something you take because it provides necessary components to my brain that just so happens to be lacking or not functioning properly?
Take people that take antidepressants, I don't think they get addicted to their prescriptions because it's providing necessary components that their brain is lacking thus, causing depression and other symptoms that make their life hell if gone untreated.
I believe it's possible if you abuse the drug OR if someone who does not have ADHD takes it for a high, then, yes it can become addictive and quickly I'm assuming.
I hope I have not misrepresented the truth in any way but have helped in any questions you might have had.
I wish you luck on your research, and ask that you please let this subject drop.
Thank You.
McAdams - I wonder for what college you are doing this - Liberty University? Church of Scientology campus?? Sorry but it's pretty biased given the fact that adderall and other dexedrine derivatives have been known for their very low percentage of addictive properties since being used as a diet aid in the 1960s/70s. The reason it was pulled from standard use as that was the heart and blood pressure concerns for the obese and people trying to accelerate weight loss by abusing the dosages. Relative to other amphetamines dexedrine et. al is nearly equivalent to tap water for addiction.
Adderall and dexedrine sulphate are extremely well suited to be an ADHD aid in that if used responsibly they have low incident of addiction, are reasonably stable and flush from the body fast if needed, and very effective in controlling the ADHD symptoms with few if no undesirable side effects.
You won't find addicts here - but if you want the success stories pm me and I'll give you mine - and a few others once I get permission (which should not be a problem).
Sorry about the dig but understand we get a lot of anti-med people here and they are beyond a bother to me.
thanks glen
well said, we true patients know that,
i just gave the abridged version earlier
Hello all, I am new to this forum, and am not on any stimulants (except for my extreme thirst for sweet tea). I do however, have all the other characteristics of an individual with ADHD. I am curious, to how you guys and gals feel right before you take your medication (whether it be ritalin, adderall, whatever) and then how you feel right after it kicks in. I tried Ritalin when I was younger, but it did not have the effect most talk about. I do accept the fact that people react differently to different types of meds, but I was always curious why I seemed to be the only one who didn't benefit from it. What do you guys think?
Why am I suddenly suspicious of Newbie's? Could it be some of the insinuative questions some of them ask?... The nerve.
Maybe we should poll the "normals" and ask them, "how does if feel to have always been such a boring conformist your entire life?"
bepatient, I first want to cure your suspicion by having you read all my other posts on this forum, then I want to address me with what concerns you might have. Different people engage on this site for different reasons, none are better than others. The ultimate goal is to better understand ADD/ADHD for either ourselves or for someone else. My mother spent years doing researching the subject way before I ever was. She does not show any characteristics , but someone she loves, does. I would be happy to answer any questions you may have.
P.S Everyone starts out as a Newbie, nobody comes in as a Senior Member!
I noticed two gramatical errors in my last post...SORRY!