ADD / ADHD.. do you have it?

[DC.chief]

I have it. It's been there all along and I just never knew. My doctor mentioned it to me and suggested I read a book called Driven to Distraction. I felt like I was reading biography about myself at times. Prior to then I viewed it as kinda bullshit really. Thought it was something parents used to explain why their kid was out of control. I realize now I was completely wrong and I regret not trying to understand it sooner. For one thing It's not something only children suffer from. Many adults have it and many go undiagnosed.

Today is a first for me. Today I started taking medication for it. And while I clearly haven't taken it long enough to really understand it's effects on me either good or bad I can tell you how I feel currently.

I feel energized, alert and more focused. I feel like nothing can slow me down. I feel like fighting a bear (I won't). I somehow feel more confident. I think I've been bouncing both my feet up and down all day while I've sat at my desk. I also feel like I look like this..



But I don't. I look normal and well rested even though I slept my normal 5.5 hours last night.

So do you have it? When did you learn that you did? Have you taken medication for it? What kind and what type of effects did it have on you?

[Hootie]

what's the going rate for a 20 mg adderall these days? I pay $5

[Urc Burry]

I'm sure I have it to a lesser degree... Going through high school I always did well, but even then I just found it hard to concentrate. I never wanted to admit to it then, because when you're that age if someone has ADD you just assume they're dumb..My little brother got a prescription for his.. I have been thinking about getting tested for it, but have been putting it off

[cosmo20002]

Adderall is banned by the professional sports leagues...unless, that is, the athlete can SOMEHOW find a doctor willing to prescribe it.

[Donger]

Originally Posted by Urc Burry

I have been thinking about getting tested for it, but have been putting it off

[sd4chiefs]

I think I have and start looking for information about it but then I end up on Chiefs Planet looking at stupid stuff.

[BigMeatballDave]

None of that, but I may have some mild OCD. Not the controlling type.

[Predarat]

TLDR

[beach tribe]

Originally Posted by Hootie 2.0

Hamas refers to it as academic steroids. But I golf better with it, bowl better with it ... drink better with it (as in, do less stupid shit because it keeps me in my mind). Better student with it ... better worker ... etc.

Scientists refer to it as a neuroenhancer, and anyone who has taken it knows that is 100% accurate.

It's not just people with ADD that will see it's effects.


My stories about it are why people here call me a druggie and a crack head.

[beach tribe]

Originally Posted by cosmo20002

Adderall is banned by the professional sports leagues...unless, that is, the athlete can SOMEHOW find a doctor willing to prescribe it.

Wrong.
Script or no, it's a banned substance.

[rabblerouser]

No one has ADD. It ADHD. It is a made-up "affliction".

http://www.naturalnews.com/040938_ad...sychiatry.html

http://www.washingtontimes.com/news/...d-author-says/

[rabblerouser]

Originally Posted by Hootie 2.0

what's the going rate for a 20 mg adderall these days? I pay $5

Really?? Damn...pmotw.

[Hootie]

Originally Posted by rabblerouser

Really?? Damn...pmotw.

please do

[rabblerouser]

Originally Posted by ExtremeChief

The symptoms aren't so easy to define.

That's because it doesn't exist.

[rabblerouser]

Originally Posted by Hootie 2.0

please do

You don't wanna drive to Columbia

[rabblerouser]

I can't take that shit. Might as well get an 8 ball of coke and drink a pot of coffee.


I like eating and sleeping waaaaay too much.