
Currently, there are somewhere between 5 and 7 million children in America diagnosed with ADD, or Attention Deficit Disorder. Some of them have been fed small doses of amphetamine since they four or five years old. And that’s freaking out a whole lot of people.
Adderall XR is already illegal in Canada due to its alleged role in kiddie heart attacks: And the drug perks that come with being diagnosed with ADD/ADHD in America may not be around forever. As more and more studies documenting widespread ADD medication abuse cause panic among the medical community, the FDA may soon tighten control over the wonderful amphetamine-based ADD medication.
That means that Adderall and Ritalin – the two perennial favorites of recreational pharmaceutical stimulant connoisseurs – may be much harder to get a hold of. The older generation ADD meds are being put under a question mark with the release of new non-amphetamine ADD drug called Strattera. This new drug’s claim to fame is that it is amphetamine free and hence, euphoria free. And according to the doctors, that’s a good thing. What a great country America is, always trying to find a way to amputate fun from anything. Apparently they don’t think that medication should be enjoyed.
The beauty of ADD lies in the fact that there is no standardized clinical test to diagnose the disorder. No one knows what causes it. The only thing the medical professionals know is that amphetamine delivered in small continuous doses relieves most of ADD’s symptoms. So the trick is to convince your shrink that you have ADD. And what’s nice is that anyone can fool the system, as long as they know what to say and how to act. It’s all very simple, really, all it takes is a bit of memorization.
I recently went undercover in America to find out just how to successfully trick a shrink into believing you are one of the 4% of the American adult population that’s suffering from ADD. And although my session didn’t go over too smoothly, I did reach my primary objective. I scored a month’s supply of Adderall XR and boy is everyone thankful. Here is my guide and tips to scoring Adderall, so that you can be as happy and hard-working as I am.
The main thing is to not overdo it with the shrink. You might feel the urge to act the part of a spastic ADD’d out freak, but no matter how strong the urge, avoid it at all costs. Remember, a psychiatrist isn’t a research scientist, he’s not observing you from a behavioral point of view. In fact, he won’t even be looking at you. That wasn’t part of his medical school training. No, his job was to memorize the DSM IV, crunch through dated psychology theories and study human anatomy. Unless they are in research, psychiatrists are programmed to respond to keywords. If asked about your expectations for the therapy session, don’t be afraid to state your primary objective: the drugs. As far as mainstream psychiatrists are concerned, there is only one cure for ADD, and it’s not through daily breathing meditation exercises.
If you fuck up and the psychiatrist begins to doubt your ADD symptoms, don’t lose your fighting spirit, just argue your point. Convince him. Say something about how your condition is fucking with your quality of life. Lay on the cheese, be defeatist. They hear that kind of act everyday of their lives, they’ll agree just so that you’d shut up. That’s what I did when he started doubting my ADD credentials: and it worked.
Psychiatrists are in it for the prescriptions. They are like acid dealers, they want to believe that the stuff they’re pushing is actually helping people get more out of life. Know this and use it against them.
To minimize risk, stick to the facts and don’t delve into episodes from your life. When was the last time someone asked you to remember 6th grade? You can’t remember, and that’s the catch. You’ll be so amused with your childhood memories that you’ll have an overwhelming urge to spill them on your shrink. Don’t: the details of that memory certainly contradict your assumed ADD persona.
Study the following sample questions and you’ll be sure to come out with an FDA certified lifetime meth subscription. All for the price of a $20 per month insurance co-payment. And all it takes is one hour of your attention.
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Stick to these sample Q’s and you’ll pass the ADD test with flying colors.
Childhood & School
Q: How did you perform in grade school?
A: Average to below average. Dependant on tutors just to keep up.
Q: Any behavioral problems?
A: Yes. Talking in class. (Add frequent parent teacher conferences to address school performance for extra ADD points.)
Q: How did you do on lectures in college?
A: Poorly. Trouble attending big lectures. Frequently zoning out, doodling and conversing with classmates. (For extra points, mention that you were only accepted into a community college.)
Q: How did you perform on college exams?
A: Poorly. Frequently cheated to pass. (For a bigger punch, mention periodic self medicating with Sudafed – an over the counter stimulant.)
Work
Q: How many jobs have you held?
A: Take the actual number of jobs and multiply by three.
Q: Are you usually fired or do you quit?
A: Mostly fired.
Q: For what reasons?
A: Inability to carry out job duties and follow instructions.
Personal life
Q: Do you have any hobbies?
A: Yes. List as many things that you like to do as possible. 5 or more over the course of adult life is good. Mention inability to concentrate on more than one consecutive game of billiards at a time.
Q: Do you maintain hobbies for long periods of time?
A: No. Usually only a few months. Video games are an exception.
Q: What is your financial situation? Do you save money?
A: Frequently in debt. Impulsive shopper. Frequently lose or abandon property.
Q: Driving habits?
A: Involved in frequent fender benders. Don’t own a car because of high insurance costs. (For extra ADD points, confide in the psychiatrist that you were always a very nervous driver. People made fun of you for it.)
Q: How many drinks do you consume a week?
A: Two, with a maximum of 5.
Q: Sexual relationships?
A: Difficult to keep up a conversation with the opposite sex. For males, sexual encounters are rare. For females, one-night stands are very frequent. Long-term relationships are very rare. Males, for extra points, talk about constant masturbation and hiring prostitutes.
This article originally appeared in the print edition of The eXile in June, 2006.
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125 Comments
Add your own1. kevin w walker | March 9th, 2009 at 7:31 pm
how are you guys?do you know of anywhere you can get it online without perscription?thanks
2. aleke | March 23rd, 2009 at 5:40 pm
I tried posting some stuff about this on the newer article that links back to this one, but I don’t think it posted after all. So here’s the relevant bit:
As far as adderall and ritalin goes, good luck. The bastards at the FDA have been recently clamping down on psychiatrists and making sure they administer a very expensive (~$3,000) 3-day, 30 hour examination. The results are very hard to fake. It’s a bitch. You have to find a psychiatrist that won’t be required to administer that test.
3. Sam | September 19th, 2009 at 3:39 pm
No psychiatrist necessary. Find an EXPENSIVE ordinary doctor, the kind who you have to pay up front, and say the following:
“I just moved here from Canada, and I’ve been on Adderall and Lexapro (note: add in a non-controlled drug to sound credible) for 2 years.”
They’ll ask you briefly about your ADHD symptoms – I just said that I surfed the net at work instead of working – and if you have high blood pressure.
Then they’ll write you a 30 day script and say you have to come back in a month to get more. Sure, its $250 a month for the doc, $200 for the script, but all in all it was an extremely civilized procedure. At least in California…
4. Bob35 | October 22nd, 2009 at 3:53 am
They were sentenced to 12 years hard labor. ,
5. RandomGuy | October 24th, 2009 at 4:12 pm
Wow, just….wow. I find it ridiculous that you are completely content with the exploitation of amphetamines. That, and you are incredibly pretentious to think you know what a psychiatrist is thinking. I feel as if the years of common intellect you’ve adorned yourself with frail in comparison to mastering of a degree.
6. Jenni | January 2nd, 2010 at 3:32 pm
You’ve got to be fucking kidding me. Adderall is NOT a joke and I really think this article should be taken off the internet. I was force fed that bullshit drug almost every day from the time I was 8 until I reached middle school. Then my mom decided to let me choose if I should take it daily or not. I hope you die of a drug O.D. on this shit. It is such an addictive, dangerous drug. Do not start taking it.
7. pessimist | January 26th, 2010 at 3:06 pm
Ritalin and Adderall is highly addictive and can potentially ruin your life. I have had several friends who abused it and used to fiend for it so badly that it may as well have been crack.
Just because it is “legal” doesn’t mean it’s not a drug. Abusing it is basically your way of admitting defeat(/that you’re a loser) and not caring about your life.
8. Lily | January 26th, 2010 at 5:24 pm
You do realize that any shrink worth his shit will see right through this, right?
I’m completing my doctorate in clinical psychology, and fakers like this REGULARLY come up in class, in seminars and in the reading. You look about as convincing as someone who shows up in the ER with non-specific, severe pain and an allergy to everything except vikes or morphine.
It might work with some docs- there’s no doubt about it. But many will tell you no, ask for the expensive (and hard to fake) testing mentioned above or give you the absolute least amount possible and flag your chart.
You’ll find shitty doctors with no scruples who’ll give this stuff out just about anywhere- just don’t kid yourself into thinking you fooled him.
9. Thomas | January 29th, 2010 at 8:43 pm
Lily, don’t kid yourself. Unless you have a lie detector, you have absolutely no idea who is telling the truth and who is not.
You could have a patient who really needs Adderall and gives you the answers this guy did, but then deny him completely b/c you think you always know when people are lying? Gimme a break man.
10. manny | February 1st, 2010 at 8:04 am
I Faked my ADD and sure enough i got the aderrall. but the sad part is that alot of the things i said to the shrink were true…
now im fucked up in the head! what started as a game ended up fucking me in the ass.
makes me wanna cry.
and for the tards who say that they can see right through this as a lie, you’re full of shit.
there is no real diagnosis to add! anything you say that has to do with trouble paying attention, a shrink will fall for it..
the idiot believed everthing i said, i didnt even break a sweat. this was easier than playing the first level of mario brothers super nintedo as a 3 year old! thats a fucken challenge. faking this shit is an easy fun game haha.The Docs get mad cuz we make them seem like jokes.
11. jenny | February 1st, 2010 at 2:59 pm
i am worried because i am bipolar and surely do have add but because of my drug abuse past i’m scared my shrink will think i’m just drug-seeking, when really i am starting school after bouncing around aimlessly for 20+ yrs…and am scared i will screw it up because i cannot pay attention in a subject with i abhore (math) – this is the reason i was a good student in my creative classes such as english lit – but barely passed everything else – also frequently got booted from high school due to lateness and forgetting assignments, etc..i am willing to undergo the strict testing – i have no doubt they will find me with severe add – but am worried they will deny me treatment because of my drug past…gimme a break – if i wanted to get high i’d just go grab a gram of bitch – i NEED to do well in this school now my future and my son’s – depend on it.
12. liz | February 15th, 2010 at 2:26 pm
yeah thats why the doctors are prescribing strattera…! I am on it and it does have some weird effects too. I get tingly and then it is easier to focus but sometimes I still just focus on the wrong things a.k.a. the ceiling. When it is in full effect i am staring at the teacher. works very well with anxiety too.
13. Myf | March 9th, 2010 at 4:40 pm
hahaha I think I know who really wrote this
14. Ink Sic | April 30th, 2010 at 8:52 am
I can’t believe some of the negative comments on here. Ok, it’s a drug. That’s no secret. So is Tylenol, Ibuprofen, and benadryl. The fact that people who aren’t prescribed this drug still enjoy it seems to be the biggest issue with it in our society, BUT….. Think,for a moment, about who is using and why. Mostly College student, who use adderall to help focus and study for test, and a whooole lot of chunky people who want to lose weight. These are very innocent understanable reasons to use a drug. Now crack heads, meth heads, heroin addicts, these are people who are usually using, and destroy themselves, for the sole purpose of a temporary escape. A ‘High’. And often times at the cost of losing friends and family. I think people need to keep some perspective on this. Factor in the Pros, with the Cons. You can pick and choose the negative in ANYTHING! Some Preists molest little boys, does that mean that the church is bad? Mishandeled meat can give you food poison, does that mean that chicken is bad?
15. Ash | May 19th, 2010 at 8:46 pm
Way to go, comment 14. We need more people like you. Open-minded, understanding, and willing to see both sides of the situation without bias. Kudos.
16. thegreat | May 26th, 2010 at 5:16 pm
how long before a test, say the SAT, should one wait prior to consuming the pill? and how many mg’s should a person of 130lbs take?
17. Vince | September 22nd, 2010 at 9:09 am
This is a ridiculous article it should be taken down. There are plenty of people, including myself, who do suffer from the symptoms of ADD. This article is a slap in the face to people who actually need anti-ADD drugs like Adderall and Vyvanse. Unlike people who intend to use this article I DID have trouble in elementary/highschool/beginning of college. Vyvanse is allowing me to actually stay focused on my work and I think it is helping me work toward getting better grades and being able to focus on tasks at hand. ADD is a real disorder, just because it has been over diagnosed does not mean that the true ADD sufferers do not exist!
18. Vince | September 22nd, 2010 at 9:13 am
and thank you Comment #8, that is so true.
19. pk | October 6th, 2010 at 12:16 pm
First, there is no cure for ADHD. There is only treatment of the symptoms.
Secondly, psychiatrists know that other things like exercise, meditation, coaching help reduce the symptoms.
Finally, if you’re jerking people around to get drugs you are probably either trying to self medicate for what might be a real condition or you are a bigger @ss than the doctors you mock.
20. Marti | October 11th, 2010 at 9:56 am
wow! the answers to these questions are all true for me. I took ritalin as a child, and wanted desparately to be taken off of it, so that I could prove that I didn’t need it. Now, I want adderall,. I do go to a community college, and parent teacher conferences always sucked ass because they were talking crap about me….
21. Nick | October 20th, 2010 at 11:21 am
Hey I actually have add, got tested for 4 hours and was just honest. Doctors see people that really have it and that the meds work on them, so it’s not going to be illegal. This just means we are going to have to deal with the fact that as a species we need abusable shit.
This is mostly a comedy article and probably 99% of readers wouldn’t even think about actually taking its advice. And Finally, adderall is pretty much designed so that an adult that takes it and doesn’t need it can figure out, whoa, every time I take this shit it makes me feel like I drank five cups of coffee, maybe I should stop. Xr and vyvanase are even worse, giving someone vyvanase especially is as mean as giving them a bottle of datura. The more widespread adderall use becomes the more it’ll be obvious that we cant or shouldn’t be using it to be lawyers and doctors—this is already totally necessary but the public doesn’t really understand it. Also lol at the guy asking for mg dose of adderall in the comments
22. Nick | October 20th, 2010 at 11:24 am
Also I fit literally every symptom here, that’s why it’s funny. It doesn’t matter because the tests they give you can actually detect if you have it or not. It’s the most studied disorder except GED and depression, it’s dumb to think you know more about it than experts.
23. Nikita | October 26th, 2010 at 3:28 am
There will always be people looking for answers on ‘taboo’ subjects, and there will always be people exiling them because of their own fears.
Guess that’s why we’re all at exiledonline.com????
24. Pat | November 7th, 2010 at 7:59 pm
I agree with the majority of people on here, I am one of the 4% of American adults who was diagnosed with ADHD. No one knows what it’s like to have this “disease” unless you have really had it. You don’t know how it feels to not sit still for more than 30 minutes at a time, can’t stand still, get fidgety, have to move something on your body. Not being able to read more than 10 pages in a book in one sitting, then not remembering what you read and having to read it again. Not comprehending a question. Not having good grades in school, because you can not pay attention in class. I have recently gone to The Evergreen State College to find out what college life was like, I stayed over there for about two weeks, made some friends, and took adderall. This drug should go to everyone that may think that they have one of these diseases. When I took it, I felt better, my mind wasn’t racing around. I wasn’t thinking about 50 things at once. I read half a novel that I have been trying to read for more than 3 months. I have gotten more in tune with getting into college. Also with this drug, I know that I will have the brain capacity to get a good job that doesn’t require too much in mental thought, for when I am not taking this anymore.
For all those who oppose this drug, you’re stupid, unless you have ADD or ADHD, if you don’t, stop talking shit because you don’t know how hard it is to try and hold a job, you don’t know how hard it is to be talked down by your parents, and have them thinking that you have some mental problem. So the next time you think about talking about how this drug doesn’t help people like me, or that it is bad just because it has some amphetamines in it, it doesn’t matter. The only thing that does matter is that it works and it helps the symptoms go away.
For everyone with the symptoms, I know what you are going through. Just try to get it prescribed to you, don’t worry about getting it, you will if you just tell the truth to your doctor, although he/she might tell you to go to a shrink. Just try it out and you will see that adderall will help with the symptoms that you are having.
For the people that aren’t taking it for medical purposes, you guys shouldn’t be taking this for recreational uses, it was in fact pretty difficult for me to get it, because my doctor told me that a majority of people now-a-days are faking having the symptoms of ADD or ADHD, to get themselves prescribed any of the drugs, just to get high, I was at the college, where people that I was hanging out with, when they took it, and I hadn’t taken it, they were acting almost identical to what I was. SO just think before faking it. For example, if you were having sex with your girlfriend and she has a fake orgasm, how would you feel, when you found out? Pretty bad, right? Well that’s how you people are making us feel. Think before faking it..
25. Bob | December 3rd, 2010 at 11:11 pm
boogie woogie sicklecell anemia what??
26. Tina | January 14th, 2011 at 10:28 pm
I have to say I accidentally run across this thinking I was clicking on something else…..I have severe adult ADHD along with high anxiety I have been on adderall for 6 years and without it I am not me I tried weaning myself off but when my children started noticing my behavior and mimicking said behavior I decided it was best to leave well enough alone and continue taking my meds which btw was the best decision I made. I am raising 7 kids full time with my husband working 70-80 hours a week I am a firm believer that if you truly need something take it I actually sleep alot more it completely stopped the extreme insomnia and the anxiety so please if you don’t need it don’t take it I can’t risk losing a medication that I need to maintain a stable life for my family if ya wanna get speed do it right go buy you some meth but leave prescriptions for the ones who actually need them THANKS!
27. R.Bolick | January 26th, 2011 at 5:16 am
i’ve taken adderal before. xr made me sick. the doseage 30mg worked pretty well.. i’ve been off this for over 2 years and don’t need my medical records with the new doctor i’m trying to start seeing… do i let the dr know i’ve used this medicine before and that xr made me sick and the 30mg worked best for me??? I’m taking college course while working full time and can’t afford to flunk out when i need this course to keep my career.. any help would be great
28. Silas | January 30th, 2011 at 10:17 pm
Dude, almost all those answers to the questions are actually true in my case. Hopefully I get prescribed Adderall.
29. Amelia T. | February 2nd, 2011 at 4:39 am
This article is true. I have gotten anything I have ever wanted out of skilled dotors, pychoanalysts, therapists, you name it. yea yea oh they have been trained? I have not met one to compete with me which is sad. I just do it for fun now, to see how easy it is to just sit and doodle on a pad of paper and listen to someone drone on while you think about your porche. the medical field is fucked and we all know it. it is all about money and their pocket to pay off those pesky student loans. i got adderall 2 weeks ago and i dont need it, the fun of getting it and finding the truth of whom you are paying to “diagnose you” is all the reward i need
30. Guitarguy | February 3rd, 2011 at 10:48 am
I was diagnosed with ADHD when I was younger. I was prescribed to it but refused to take it because I didn’t want to have to take meds to be normal. I went through a long phase of believing that everyone had ADD and ADHD symptoms but some people had it a little worse than others. I thought it was all a big joke. I thought I was just a very lazy person. I never took any meds throughout junior high or high school, but struggled to make it through. I am now 22 and in college. After 6 years of meditating, self-reflecting, and much reading on this subject I have come to the realization that ADHD is real and I do have it. I am not lazy. I am very willing to work and do things but I can’t register information the way most people can. My mind won’t allow me to focus on things directly around me instead it will wander and most of the time I have no control over it. Completely scatter-brained. My doctor won’t prescribe me to adderall because of fucktards like many of you that fake the symptoms and abuse the meds. You really have no idea how hard it is to be a full time student and get decent grades when you can’t sit still, zone out for a half an hour at a time, and can’t stay focused on one idea for more than a few seconds. I have learned to cope with these things by meditation, exercise, and nutrient supplements so those of you who can’t get meds but experience these symptoms this may help. Commonly changing routines helps too but if you work a 9-5 it’s hard to do. I will keep moving forward but it would be nice to have a little help. If you want adderall but don’t actually have ADD then please consider this before ruining things for people who really do struggle.
31. Guitarguy | February 3rd, 2011 at 11:00 am
And btw I am aware that meds aren’t the solution to many mental problems but when you are trying to be productive and accomplish things in life they sure do help. That’s how they are intended to be used. And for Amelia T. that is a load of b.s. Psychiatrists and doctors don’t try and compete with people intellectually. Most of them They simply listen and do what they can to help. So you aren’t fooling anyone you’re simply ruining the whole system for people who could use the help.
32. meesh | February 8th, 2011 at 1:45 pm
Minus a few of the more “ridiculous directions” this article has taken, overall responses have been very enlightening. However I was hoping to come across someone out there who is experiencing or has experienced a story similar to mine. I have an appointment this week to hopefully identify what I suffer from. I believe it’s ADD after doing the research and not being biased to the idea that you can only be diagnosed as a child. I’m going to see a new physician, as I haven’t been to a family practice in almost 7 years and live in a different state than where I grew up. I’m nervous because I am certainly not trying to doop the doc and really only want what’s best for me, but feel like if I don’t play my cards right, will come off that way bc of my unique situation.
I’m 26, and have held a great job for 3 1/2 yrs….and just recently got promoted. However, to get there, I’ve had to work 5 times harder than the average hard worker, because my mind just SPINS through what needs to be done each day. Thank God for my unnatural work ethic bc otherwise I feel I wouldn’t even be close to where I’m at now. BUT, that “fly-by-the-seat-of-your-pants-for-hours-and-hours-and-hours-to-get-it-all-done feeling”, has turned into sheer insanity in my head with this new promotion. This new role requires me to delegate, execute, and follow up on daily operations while viewing the business from a wholistic level…..sounds scary huh. Well, it actually is for me. I feel that if I don’t get something to level out the scatterbrain in me, my work ethic is only going to go so far before my manager has a conversation with me on my epic payroll tendencies. It’s no secret to her already that my opportunity every year is Plan, Drive, Execute but she has no idea (I’m still a little unsure) what my mind is doing with all these great thoughts and intentions. I have to consistently write lists to keep track (which I often lose anyways) and my innability to prioritize leaves me doing what should an 8 hr day in 11 sometimes 12 hrs. That adds up, and at the end of the day I can’t enjoy life bc I’m so exhausted. Looking back at high school/junior high, I suffered in a very similar way. Working my ass off, reading text book chapters over and over and over to retain, and the occasional cheat I have to admit, just to get slightly above average. It’s a shame that I didn’t seek help sooner, but I just thought that working harder to retain information and stay focused was the card I was dealt. And it was never really discussed with my childhood doctor’s for that same reason. Well…. now it’s critical that I figure this out because it’s affecting my adult life. On top of the work problems, I’ve experienced a loss in my libido? I can be a very sexual person, but I can’t muster up the energy or focus to be intimate, especially now. Needless to say, I’m 26 and desperatly needing something to fix this chemical imbalance or whatever it is. So in my search for a normal daily life, I’ve tried a couple prescritpion drugs that treat ADD…..just to see how I’d react…or if it would help. My father who for years showed signs of ADD (most famous for leaving ALL the cabinets, the microwave and sometimes the fridge open, after a snack raid), just started a prescription of Straterra. So I tried it and at first I was impressed, but it wasn’t too long before I was taking a 2 hour nap 2 hours in to the dose.???? Well that was defeating. Then, I tried a 20mg XR from a friend….who never told me she was diagnosed with ADHD until we were talking about my symptoms….and “voila”! My thoughts were clear, concise, and my demeanor was calm, cool and collected. I couldn’t believe it! I got home from work on time feeling accomplished, and still had energy to make dinner AND do the dishes.
My concern is, not having actual medical history, and with my success in holding onto a very involved job will be variables that work against my case. Knowing that adderall did work for me and not being able to just tell the doc that is discouraging. I don’t want to come off like I’m drug seeking, but I don’t want to waste any more time going through such a PROCESS. Very frustrating.
Ya know, it’s not so much the people who are dooping the doc that are ruining it for everyone else…..it’s the one who doops the doc and then draws attention to themselves by noticably abusing the drug. I guess unfortuanately you must require a strong will and sense of pride to use a recreational drug recreationally? I mean if you’re going to do it, do it with class?
Sorry for the novel, but would appreciate any advice, feedback….. thanks.
33. Brnatlee | February 9th, 2011 at 11:36 am
The people on here that think that this should be “taken off the internet” are fucking nuts. Sure the topic is questionable and the contents may not be agreeable, but the alternative , which is censorship, should never be cosiders. Proprietors of censorship should be taken out and shot.
34. Silas | February 27th, 2011 at 11:34 pm
Wow, I actually have the same answers to those questions. I knew about ADHD and I knew about my lack of focus and lack of attention but I never really considered myself as having ADHD but I’m starting to think that I may have some the symptoms and that could be the reason to my problems with attention and focus.
35. jane | March 4th, 2011 at 2:29 am
I moved to toronto canada and I want to get a prescription to adderall. should i tell the doctor that I used to have a prescription in the US? or would they be able to check, and ask for a reference fax or something?
36. Jennie | March 9th, 2011 at 11:39 am
Im not prescribed to adderall, i take it so i can pass my ridiculous classes called college, you try studying for a final worth half your grade, sober and ADD as f*ck.
Your not a loser cause your “taking drugs” some people just take it so they can have a future. Stfu haters.
37. Lala | March 13th, 2011 at 12:09 am
Damn, kinda makes it difficult for those who truly have ADHD, being taken seriously is hard enough dude.
38. Billy | March 15th, 2011 at 4:32 am
#32. Meesh,If you ever come back here to read this… I’m totally with you and I’m guessing that you were on a 30mg XR when you wrote that comment. I’m with a small company and I have a big job. I basically do everything. I take adderall to get through the day and it helps me out so much. It also helps out my company too. I’ll take a full day of work that usually takes two and a half to three people to do and finish it by lunch time. I was diagnosed in grammar school but my folks weren’t having it. I was in the “special” class where I’d have an unlimited amount of time to get through a test. I barely made it through high school and was put in the “special” class there too. I transfered to an art school, painted pictures and played guitar until I graduated… with no meds… I just left college one day out of no where after a year and a half and played more guitar. I was curious back then and I decided to experiment with adderall once… I dug it. I was in party mode though so I didn’t observe the drug the way I should have. I started taking it regularly about a year ago and I’ve recorded and filled a whole Cd book with original tunes, filled a warehouse with art and beat the shit out of my job, all at the same time. I only have a couple of problems. The first one is that I don’t rely on a doctor to fill my script. I find it elsewhere. The second problem is, since I don’t rely on a Dr. I run out of it a lot, quick and at long times. I have a personal observation of the drug now and I hope it helps out others as well… Stay “focused” and be aware of what your mind and body does, on and off of it. I’ve noticed patterns that reappear every time i take it like, different shit, same days instead of different day, same shit? whatever, it makes sense in my head so… I fully understand how and why this drug is addicting and if you’re not careful you can let a lot people down by not performing the way you “normally” should be performing when you don’t have the drug. That feeling will let you down even more. I still take it and I still plan on taking it only because I haven’t finished plotting my plan to take over the world…Jk, I’d need a drug a hell of a lot stronger than adderall to organize this world…like a 357mg SXR(super extended release)by mouth daily. We can plant adderall pills in the earth and pray that the world organizes itself. Like #26 Tina said, “maintain”…Its simple, do whatever it takes to get motivated and keep your mind satisfied and don’t take it if you don’t need it. There’s always coffee, Red Bull, NoDoz, Ginseng, Coke(the pop), Yoga, cold water to the face, a slap to the face, pretty much anything involving intense shock to the face, Tae Bo…
39. Stafire | March 19th, 2011 at 9:30 am
you all know Adderall is a controlled substance .Basically,you can’t take more than prescribed.I asked for a higher mg and my doctor told me I’ve reached my tolerance level.He prescribed Vyvanse 40mg,but it doesn’t seem to work as well.So,it is certainly a hard to abuse drug.A good doctor will check your heart,weight etc.
40. Carly | March 21st, 2011 at 4:15 pm
I read this as I pooped(:
41. add4real | March 24th, 2011 at 6:59 pm
good site ASSHOLES! it’s caus’e of motherfuckers like you that make it so hard for people like me, who actuaqly have a legitimate need for the stuff….i just ran out, somehow i was short by 2, now i have suffer for 2 days till i can re-fill, not to mention being accused of being a fucking scumbagg druggie by the pharmasist. pray i don’t find out who you are! i was a quallafied sniper in the army, it would be tragic if i was off my meds, snapped, and starting removing heads off fuckers like you @ a thousand yards with my 30-06. you ever see what 220g open nose ultra hi velocity hand loaded game loads desinged to drop a 1000lb moose does to a person? hint: i blew a coyote in half at 1/2 a mile. have a nice day
42. add4real | March 24th, 2011 at 7:10 pm
oh, btw thanks for the by line at the top…. now i have a place to start! too bad i don’t hav my Rx to styfle the impulsiveness. ps. if you hear a zing, followed by a pop, i’d get the fuck down, i never miss twice!
43. COAdams | March 27th, 2011 at 1:40 am
You have no respect for the army.
44. Martina | March 28th, 2011 at 2:43 am
Awesome!!! Thank you so much!!
This article shouldnt be taken down, I just realized I have ADD!!! THANK YOU! I don’t have any friends with ADD (that I know) and it’s never been a topic so I had no idea! Thanks a lot! I find it really hard to focus and my whole life Ive had behaviour issues and low grades. I am a great artist but I cant focus, I ve never finished a project!
Im going to College this fall and HELL Im getting something, I need it and apparently it really works.
Thanks guys! specially to the posters who shared their symptoms and behaviour.
45. notmyproblem | April 1st, 2011 at 12:11 pm
welllll isnt’t this nice. looks like anger, happiness, pity, and stupidity all hopped into the same car and drove over to this UNRELIABLE website. um, adderroll is SPEED. whenn added to a person with add/adhd it works like an algaebraic equation, and balances that person out. when added to any normal joe smoe, it works like several expresso shots. in other words, DUH any person who takes this drug will experience increased productivity, etc. this drug is simply a win,win situation. the way our society is unfolding, perhaps this drug should be OTC. maybe this way we can catch up with the rest of the world
46. ADD isn't "cool" | April 3rd, 2011 at 6:35 pm
I went off meds for 4 years. I have a “minority” case of ADD, where stimulants make me sleepy. Where as with all of you fakers – it makes you energetic / insomniacs.
I can tell you Adderall is extremely addictive. You will be chasing the euphoria you got on the first 3-5 days with the medication. I have been taking Adderall for 2 months now, every day at 10mg XR 1x daily & 5mg IR 1x daily. It’s the only medicine that keeps me “normal” with everyone else and driving safely.
I’ve tried methylphenidate based medications: ritalin, concerta, metadate, and even straterra. None of them worked like Adderall does, most gave me extreme anxiety / ocd symptoms.
Please don’t get hooked on this stuff. Adderall is SPEED. A mixture of 4 amphetamine salts. The dextro-amphetamine is what you guys are craving, so you might as well stop abusing adderall and go for Dexedrine.
P.S: Abuse of amphetamine will lead to a permanent dopamine inbalance. You will no longer gain pleasure from sex, food, tv, whatever it is that you cherish. I’m not joking either -.-
47. SKHY | April 4th, 2011 at 3:05 am
Yeah, wow, I kept reading so many comments bashing this post and it’s author that I just gave up and came down to say my own two cents.
For those saying this post is horrible because it’s exploiting a disease and medication that they suffer from, you all need to take an open-minded look at this post!
I have severe ADHD myself- the level of severity succeeds the maximum on the official scaling system. Being on adderall for years, the “euphoria/high” goes away rather quickly and I’m just left feeling like a normal human being, I’d began to doubt I even had ADHD or that it’s severity was being exaggerated.
So when I fell into a deep, dark depression and my life had seemed to have come to a stop- I could never get anything– ANYTHING– accomplished or move forward in life no matter how desperately I wanted to- it took me almost an entire year to realize my problems coincided with when I stopped taking my adderall and realize that my therapist’s original diagnosis was correct. That suffering from ADHD is a much bigger deal than I thought.
I’m sharing my story because, had I came across this list of Qs and As back when my life had just began turning frighteningly dark, a year of my life wouldn’t have been wasted suffering while not knowing it’s cause. That’s a year I’ll never get back.
Whether you have ADD/ADHD or not, whether you go see a therapist or psychiatrist [assuming you can afford one], whether or not any action is taken- like seeking professional opinion, or ‘exploiting the system’, having this post readily available where someone whom could be unknowingly suffering like I had can at least give them the possible answer to the one question that tortures you the most during that kind of suffering. Why? Why am I like this, why is my heart always aching?
48. Juanita | April 8th, 2011 at 2:24 am
For approximately 4 months i saw a shrink and from day one I presented with high anxiety and obvious textbook ADD symptoms, but because of the history of adderall sales & abusers on campus, i guess he assumed i was faking as well. There were fellow classmates that were only interested in making a profit from their adderall RXs, I admit i bought some to see if maybe they could help the symptoms i suffered from. The following day i took a 40 mg(i believe was extended release) I swear i never focused harder in class before. So focused in fact that I was able and willing to tutor classmates on some of the curriculum. Something I could never do before due to extremely crippling anxiety & because never before could i repeat what we went over in class (not even to study on my own). After a few weeks of this sudden & dramatic improvement my nursing instructor,whom i previously confided in about my symptoms asked how my therapy was going. I knew she could keep a secret so I told her about how the dr. wasn’t really helping and about my purchase. I figured I’d probably get into trouble but then again, maybe she could help. After her lecture, she went with me to the wellness center & recommended to my bitch @ss dr. that I did in fact suffer from ADD. I am so grateful to my teacher for advocating for me. I have taken adderall for 6 yrs. I NO LONGER SUFFER FROM THE CRIPPLING ANXIETY AND I CAN FOCUS BETTER THAN EVER. WHICH LEADS ME TO SAY THAT IF YOU WANNA TAKE FAKE SYMPTOMS TO GET DRUGS, YOU PRETTY MUCH MESSIT UP FOR THE PEOPLE WHO NEED IT TO MAINTAIN A “NORMAL” LIFE. & Thank you to everyone who left comments, they are useful in helping someone figure out why they are the way they are. also for letting them know they are not alone. THANKS TO THE ADDERALL PUSHER WHO TOOK A CHANCE TO SELL ME SOME
believe it or not, u actually helped merealize that it wasn’t all in my head. Forever your name will remain anonymous. I also realize that this individual may have been a faker to make a profit,but hey books were expensive as f~ck!
49. Erik | April 13th, 2011 at 8:59 am
Maybe it’s because I actually have ADD but I have no idea why you would want to use adderall as party drug.
But if you’re going to be an idiot, don’t mix it with stuff, especially alcohol (very dangerous). Essentially, all the risky potential-for-organ-killing stuff that a lot of legal and not-so-legal drugs can do go into overdrive when you’re on something like adderall. That’s why I black out if I forget that I took meds later in the day and have more than 2-3 beers in the evening. And don’t be surprised if you start losing friends as you start to act like a complete asshole as that is one withdrawal effect that appears to be universal.
Also, with serious abuse I’ve heard the withdrawal effects can be truly horrifying. Do your research on adderall. And compare to say, starting a cocaine habit. Financially speaking too if you’re seeing a shady shrink or paying some student middle-man to get at it.
But seriously, if occasional booze and weed are that boring to you, you may want to step back and give yourself a reality check. And don’t use it to study if it makes you feel speedy. This is not a cup of coffee to a non-ADD brain we’re talking about here.
50. Urgez | April 13th, 2011 at 12:02 pm
For all you people who claim to have “real” ADD:
What makes you think that your real is any different than someone who feels lazy, tired and unproductive most days? I’ve been a very average student my entire life. I don’t feel motivated, and generally can’t focus during class or on assignments without my mind drifting. But I’ve come from a culture that teaches you to STFU and do what you have to do. ADD was never an OPTION on the table as I grew up.
So now, I’ve discovered this miraculous drug, and it makes me a much more focused and motivated person. But I wouldn’t say I have ADD. I’m just as lazy, unmotivated and tired as a lot of people I know.
Again, to you “real” ADD people, maybe you’re in this class of people but couldn’t stand it. Not EVERYONE in the world has great work ethic, sorry to say. Some people need coffee to functions, others don’t. I’m taking this drug cause it allows me to reach my full capacity, just as it does for you. How you define “normal” functioning is COMPLETELY relative, so stop complaining about us “normal” people getting in on this good thing.
51. Justtin | April 14th, 2011 at 12:54 am
lol some of y’all are crazy saying it will ruin people life. fuck that its helping me get threw university. i lied to my shrink. ive lied to 4 of them and got all of them to say yes. (: so dont be dumb
52. ADHD PHD | April 16th, 2011 at 9:37 pm
Frauds and scam scum- Stay out of legitimate medicine please. There are millions of crack dealers serving the non-legitimate drug using population.
Why must you ruin legitimate care that is already so difficult and fraught with red-tape thanks to scam scum like you.
You might as well be telling people how to water down cancer drugs and highlight where they can sell to their next victim.
Please stay with crack – if you want to get drugs illegally then stay with crack – is cheap and plentiful.
Why mess with or hinder the medical care of others
has been so hard to obtain. Please stay out of medical terrorism. The health care industry is already strained and to close to collapsing. I am all for free speech and know you guys need hits on your website-
But Really?
It’s bad enough that my insurance premiums and taxes go to pay for fraudulent doctors, drug rehab gone wild and consumer lawsuits that drive healthcare costs skyward. I hope the authors of this article are pleased when they go to get lifesaving drugs only to find that they were banned or too costly for you thanks to fraud and dishonesty of others.
Then it might hit home that you are are actually guilty of medical terrorism and that to truly be revolutionary and cutting edge you might might try SOCIAL RESPONSABILITY.
53. MG | April 17th, 2011 at 12:45 pm
A big part of ADD is pathological laziness. It is a serious problem for people who suffer from it. Amphetamines enhance the productivity of everybody, including non-ADD people, and do not affect people with ADD differently. The main criterion for distinguishing ADD from non-ADD people is the level of impairment. The line between “significant impairment” and “normal” is blurry. If the side effects of regular amphetamine use are less detrimental than the effects of your procrastination, disorganization, and general problems with inattention, then it might make sense to use the drug. If you seem to be functioning well without it (you can hold down a job and perform fairly well at it, you pay your bills on time, and maintain normal relationships, you finish personal projects that you start, etc.) then it’s probably healthier to avoid using amphetamines. Even highly driven, high functioning people can benefit from these drugs when used judiciously, but if you are using them regularly just to cram more living into your busy life then you will probably burn out in the long run.
54. meg | April 18th, 2011 at 10:51 pm
ugh add is a fake ass disease. i know because i have the symptoms but guess what… i push through it, do my best, and adapt! if i can only read 3 pages i read 3 pages and move on to a page of math homework
its my life and its who i am
im not gonna drug myself up and be someone im not
everyone is different
and theres no need for an amphetamine that causes seizures and paralysis(know a kid that happened to). my body doesnt need that
im perfect the way i am
55. Nick | April 19th, 2011 at 1:15 pm
Ugh, I was diagnosed with add when i was younger, it’s complete bullshit, the 9 members of the american pharmaceutical board voted the condition into existence AFTER ritalin was created, essentially they looked at ritalin and asked “what does it do to people?” then used that list as a list of symptoms to market it. so coming from somebody who was diagnosed with it, to those who call it a condition, pull your head out of your ass, you’re not victim, you’re just good with excuses, you’re a shithead is what you are. … also to the person earlier who said “I have bi polar blah blah drug abusive past blah blah doctor will think im trying to score blah” .. reality check bi polar and add share 80% of the same symptoms, you’re either one or the other giving somebody with bi polar ritalin makes them severly suicidal, the same applies to the reverse scenario.
to the self righteous muppets who claim “what a shitty article” etc etc … grow up, if these people wanted your opinions, they wouldn’t be on here, they’d be asking their parents and doctors how best to abuse substances.
and finally to the articles author, meh, was funny.
56. Gully | April 25th, 2011 at 12:31 pm
8 out of ten of the posters here have no idea w hat they are talking about. which is no big deal, but it’s scary that these dimbulbs are all so sure of how right they are, LMAO! Wow!
I have ADHD. It sucks. I don’t use adderall, but i should. It works. the ADD gets worse as the years go by. Makes life hard.
57. Brady Ryan | May 12th, 2011 at 12:13 pm
It’s really great of you to step out and support the misuse of limited medical resources (see current shortage of generic Adderall XR) and encourage more people to deceive and waste the time of busy healthcare professionals. And yes, psychiatric conditions, like pain, are diagnosed and treated based on subjective report, which means that diagnosis is heavily based on what a patient tells the doctor. When they incorrectly diagnose you with ADHD, it has nothing to do with their incompetence or your brilliance, but merely with you being a shameless con man. I’m just waiting for your future posts on how to lie to incompetent employers to get hired, how to lie to incompetent women to get a date, how to lie to cashiers about what bill you gave them in order to get extra change back on a purchase, etc. I agree with other posts that you should turn your energies to obtaining and using meth off the street, hopefully some that is heavily laced with arsenic.
58. Maxwell | May 12th, 2011 at 4:52 pm
I don’t understand why everyone assumes that this resource is to get a drug to abuse.
I went and took similar steps to this after my first year of college cause I wanted to get adderall to get me to do better in school.
I ended my freshman year with a 2.1gpa and just finished my junior year with an overall of 3.2.
Basically, everyone needs to chill the fuck out. I have literally met ONE person who abuses adderall, out of the dozens I know from my university who use it to be productive because they don’t want to do anything on it, except be productive.
59. notrace | May 16th, 2011 at 1:19 pm
You are a god damned hero. Some grade A stuff on here. I’m dabbling in psychiatrist / doctor manipulation myself, and I can confirm that this is indeed the way to go. Drop keywords. Don’t overdo it. Try to sell your condition, plant the idea in their heads but let them believe that they came to the conclusion themselves.
Keep up the good work fellow ritalin-cravers.
60. Hayley | June 1st, 2011 at 5:56 pm
we don’t give a fuck if you actually have add or adhd. we just wanna get fucked up.
61. Jared | June 8th, 2011 at 10:12 pm
I have add or lazziness as one person says.It doesn’t bother me if u fake it or not.It makes me a better person and who are you to tell me how I feel. Comment # 57 and sniperboy read comment #56 then go fight some crime in your neighborhood.I have a good paying job who drug test and I can’t do shit off the street not to mention u don’t know what’s in it.Go head and talk trash to people who want to do drugs in a legal and more controlled state than gettin some cooked up sudaphed and cleaning chemicals from Joe momma on the street corner who could be the police.Sorry I didn have a terrible add story to tell or how people made fun of me.Don’t hate the player. #32 meesh I had the same circumstances. And their not running out people love beer and we all see the big shortage of alcohol happening.
62. mm | July 1st, 2011 at 3:37 pm
Who do u people think u are to hog all the adderall!! If I take the time and spend the money and have the ability to get a doctor to prescribe me adderall than its non of anyones business… What do you think you own the fucking rights to amphetamines? I don’t sell mine or hurt anyone else. I pick up my pills once a month and use no more than prescribed. Do i have so called add I don’t know maybe. I don’t buy the whole oh well I need it and u don’t bull. No one NEEDS amphetamines to function! U all take it for the same reasons once u start.
63. K-Stacks | July 13th, 2011 at 6:18 pm
Lol,this article just made me realize im really ADD. everything applys to me.
64. Richard Allen Turner, M.D. | July 14th, 2011 at 1:52 pm
It’s not that easy. We give STANDARDIZED questionnaires call Vanderbilt assessments to not only parents but TEACHERS as well…..
In order to diagnose ADHD, kids have to meet criteria in BOTH settings. If the parents Vanderbilt assessment is positive for ADHD, but the TEACHER’s in not….guess what? No diagnosis of ADHD!! We start looking at what’s going on in the home as far as discipline (or lack thereof), social situation, potential for abuse, etc.
So, it’s really not all that easy to just “answer some questions” and get your 30 day prescription. This article is very misleading.
65. Michael | July 17th, 2011 at 8:13 pm
thanks guys!followed the article and now I have an unlimited supply of these crazy little guys!
66. Luke | August 3rd, 2011 at 4:05 pm
If someone doesnt like this article why are they reading it? Why are they worried if it cannot impact them>? Why do they need to comment and tell their sad , “when I was a pathetic 8 year old” story? People, if you dont like it, dont read it. You need stronger drugs than Adderall if you cant understand this basic simple principle! I thought it was interesting if not all together well written.
67. Ashley Porter | August 22nd, 2011 at 1:06 pm
This is hilarious!! Yea all the “I was diagnosed w/ADHD” ppl, “Adderall really works” haha!! Of course “it works.” It’s speeeed!!!! for crying out loud. Who cares. If you want to be productive as hell and not fat and lazy get on it. It’s not hard. And I agree w/the ppl who say chill the f$#@ out, it sure does help when your studying for a final that you could care lesss about! Woohoo rock on Adderall Junkies!!
68. Charles | August 24th, 2011 at 5:53 pm
Lol @ Bob
I love the high of adderall
Oh fuck yeah
69. takeit | August 31st, 2011 at 8:44 am
whatever cuz adderall is not like crack or coke at all and if you have ever done any of those drugs then you would know the fucking difference and adhd is real it hurts allot of people and i do think that pretending you have it to get a little buzz is why the rest of us with real problems face so maney difficulties getting meds. but anyway taking adderall is so kid like it doesnt get you totally jacked up it just gives you a little bit of energy and helps you focus on a task like doing your homework or cleaning lol but it helps allot of people and just because some idiots abuse it doesnt mean its a bad drug people huph spraypaint and so what does that mean they should take it away from everyone??!!! i dont think so
70. Jesus | September 6th, 2011 at 2:03 pm
Im gonna try this today
71. baidu | September 7th, 2011 at 10:12 pm
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72. Nick | September 8th, 2011 at 7:59 pm
yeah, i’m seeing my psychiatrist for the first time this tuesday.i’m looking to be prescribed adderall. i display all the signs of someone with ADD though, except the one about struggling in grade school. elementary was easy, whereas in high school, where i had to actually apply myself and read, it took me about six times as long to read a page of whatever as it would take my peers. from experience (20mg), adderall doesn’t even give me a high (that i can feel). walking down the street on adderall feels the same as walking down the street without it. but reading is a whole different story. i can actually read an entire sentence one time and retain the info, the first time. that’s all i want it for, to give me a better reading and studying pace. other than i don’t even really need the drug, though i’m sure i do have ADD, honestly.
73. Erin | September 13th, 2011 at 11:52 am
Thanks for this very helpful post. It saddens my heart to see others imposing on people’s business and judging them for it. I don’t give a shit if you think I’m a terrible person for wanting to take some adderall to make good grades in college. You didn’t like it, I do. Now get the fuck over it.
Thanks again!! Most helpful post I’ve seen on the net yet.
74. Pnutz!!! 420 | September 16th, 2011 at 2:22 am
OKAY PEOPLE… Everyone that wrote more than a paragraph is on way too much ADHD meds! You would have to be to write such lengthy & random responses to such a convincingly humorous article. This is meant to be a joke people! Guys are you really going to respond to an inquisition about your sexual relationships with “constant masturbation & hiring prostitutes”. ADHD & ADD are serious problems that effect the quality of peoples lives, don’t fake it and contribute to ruining it for people who count on pharmaceutical treatment just to maintain!
75. angeldemonchild | September 26th, 2011 at 2:48 pm
wow! after reading all these post i think i have a ligit arguement for at least a trial run for aderall or ritalin bc i suffer from all the common syptoms of a person diagnosed with add/adhd took 4 methylphenidate tablets (concerta 18mg) around 530am(moutain time U.S)and is currently experiencing little unwanted side effects which are: mild stomach irritation and dry eye however i am experiencing an increase of the following: productivity, quality of work, creativity, multi task completion, focusness, and mild uphoria other sideeffects: include sleeplessness, increased energy, mood stablizer, analytical judgment, decreased in emotional reaction, jittery feeling however even though i am recieving a lasting favorvable reaction to concerta ritalin and adderall is on my pefered drug list bc i too understand all the pressures of success fame and fortune so naturally were driven potent enchancing drugs that are amphetimine based or “miracle drugs” so accordingly we are constantly faced with choosing pleasure over rationality it is totally up to you were only human dicovery and expeirimentation is in our genes, clinical advancement is thus determined by proccess of elimination, trial and error so do what ever makes you happy bc we only live once so ejoy this life to the fullest screw the haters! just be you! one day we can learn from todays expeiriment and find alternative ways to effectivally increase the functionality, effeciancy and performance of brain stimulating drugs. so thats my 2cents look forward to reading your comments dueces!
76. Roger | September 28th, 2011 at 6:23 pm
what saddens me is that i dont have ADD, at least from what i know of, but a lot of these stories remind me of my childhood and school experiences -___-
77. haha | September 29th, 2011 at 8:16 am
add4real I am willing to beat my many bottles of pills that you have never fired a gun let alone blew a coyote in half from a mile away, I do believe you would blow any bear in a mile radius, but hey i wont ask if you don’t tell GIJoe. Did you learn how to threaten to kill people over the internet in boot camp or was it on one of your Broke-back Mountain adventures? And Juanita was it? Nice ramble about how awful people are for getting adderall when you started you story by saying you bought one in class from a student. Its people like you that create this market, if you weren’t there to buy them, no one would pull scams to get the pills you want to hoard all to yourself now. Its so fun watching you youngsters thinking your doing something new. From legal black beauties and qualudes to adderall and xanax, its all been done before and there will always be something new. I think ill take my 175 grey and red capsule, open it up and snort this line just for you all! here’s o the system!!
78. Get@Life | October 3rd, 2011 at 9:39 pm
lmfao! this whole website just made my day…i mainly by dexis or adderall from my buddies so i can stay up all night and drink beer or fuck intensely all night haha. i doubt i have adhd and will continue to take the pills as long as i can get my hands on them…its not that big of deal…totally agree with “haha” though. Probably dont even know what end he should hold the gun.
79. Phe | October 10th, 2011 at 8:05 pm
This article should be off the internet. That stuff pertains to actual people including me and it’s not fun. Adderall helps but why take something when you don’t need it.
80. Kom-ehn Sents | October 11th, 2011 at 9:51 pm
After scrolling through most of these posts, or thoroughly reading them word for word(my sincerest appologies, i honestly cant really remember, i may or may not have a condition that may or may not exist ), i decided not to respond. Then i decided to change my mind. All seriousness aside, lets gets some facts straight. #74 Mr Pnutz, sir, you came very close to the bullseye, but missed by just a little bit. You got the joke but then tripped and fell back up onto your pedistal. And seriously, an effing doctor even posted a comment. Does this website say WebMD anywhere on it? If any one of you can look into your heart of hearts and honestly say you went through your entire “Dr House medical mystery-esque” wreck of a life, completely dumb-founded, until you ‘just happened’ to stumble upon this magical list of all your symptoms pre-packaged in one neat, concise little article to finally ‘diagnose’ your ailment, then i weep for my son’s future. NEWS BULLETIN: there will always be drug seekers, there will always be shrinky-dinks who dont shiv-a-git & will write u a script before asking your full name, and there will always be people like me, getting my entertainment (tonight at least) from of all of you special little snowflakes who take shit like this(and yourselves) too seriously. No one is forcing you to only see one doctor. Go see a couple. Its a common practice actually. Theres even a name for it called a second opinion. If you really have ADD, a real doctor will recognize and treat it. But for those of you who are visually impaired, i appologize, and will actually give you some real advice to aid you in your never ending quest for any and all medical related queries. Doctors look just like people and are found in doctors offices. They do not, however, look like flat 2 dimensional screens found on your computer and, at least in my experience, are not scrollable. That should get you started. Good luck. But, and i really, really, really, really, enjoy pointing one final thing out: if you are still reading this, chances are you dont have ADD.
81. Un Comen Sense | October 14th, 2011 at 3:05 am
There are not people who have or don’t have ADHD. There are only people who take the meds or don’t take the meds.
82. me | October 17th, 2011 at 2:16 pm
Shut up people, if you dont like it then dont read it. if you dont want your kids to see it then take care of them. quit bitching and complaining
83. bs | October 20th, 2011 at 9:46 pm
I did poorly in school. Everytime im reading a book and a cute girl walks by I cant pay attention. Lets say im doing homework and my favorite show comes on television, I just cant concentrate on my homework! Please gimmie adderal, then I can do my homework, read my book, and look at the cute girl all at the same time! I might even beable to take it a step farther and clean my house at the same time! I really think I need this drug!
84. JJ | October 24th, 2011 at 11:26 am
Very helpful. Thanks for the incite and for the Q&A’s I will be using this to my advantage in the near future.
85. Nj | October 27th, 2011 at 12:20 pm
Hey, I have adhd, if you do not have it than you should not take the meds. Its very simple to get them and the feeling is probably great. But it does lead to harder drugs like meth. If you are reading this article because you have add our adhd, than you will be ok. If you have it and are wanting it to get high, BE CAREFUL!! it will get you high but only for a moment and then you crash so hard its not a laughing matter. If your not wanting to crash make sure you get the right dose. Try the XR. It will slowly go into your system and not make you crash. Hope this helps the people who need it.
86. Bank | October 31st, 2011 at 9:24 pm
Crush ‘em up and get ho’s to snort them off your dick…
Fuck studying…
87. af_rider_1985@yahoo.com | November 1st, 2011 at 11:01 am
Let me start out by saying add4real you sir are a disgrace to all service members and I have the right to say that being an Iraq war vet. I think everyone would like to do a better job and make better grades. So forgive me for faking something that does not exist just to try to get ahead in life and earn more money for my wife and kids, because we all have adhd or add it is just to what existent. I first got the drug from a friend and have been buying it ever since. It has made a huge difference in my life and will continue as long as I can get my hands on it. Sorry to the people who think they are more deserving and should be the only ones allowed to have this drug. Welcome to the rat race and I’m going to take every advantage that I can because that is all that you people are doing.
88. student | November 5th, 2011 at 7:18 am
This is a good artickle. Thanks for posting it. I believe that using drugs is pretty much mentally regarding to getting addicted. I know that because i’ve been a heavy smoker for 10 years and i always said that i’m not an addicted smoker till one of my friends asked me to stop, so i just easily did!! It is supring but possible. Adderall shouldn’t be just for people with ADHD or ADD. It should be for anyone who wants it. We need more democrats to support this and get rid of the stuck up republicans who think that they are better than everyone else!!
89. John Doemaker | November 6th, 2011 at 2:59 pm
I came here to see how to try to trick my doctor into prescribing me Adderall, now I see I don’t have to lie…
90. Ty | November 8th, 2011 at 5:56 am
all of you are idiotic. no one “needs” adderall. thats called an addiction. lol
91. Jamie Gibbs | November 8th, 2011 at 3:51 pm
I have been taking add meds for about 5 years. I am a senior citizen and without these drugs I probably would be dead. If they had been around when I was in college, I would have had a much better life and all the tragedies and pain I have experienced stem from the disease I have. So those of you who love to comment on your uneducated opinions, shut up. If you do not know anything, you really are wasting everyone’s time.
92. Sean | December 4th, 2011 at 6:59 am
I honesty answered every one of those questions and it was the same/very similar to what he put down except for the jobs part….ive never held a job that long, always part time. So my question is what is it that makes someone say “I really have ADD.” According to the questions…I do, but according to a doctor I don’t. Do people who really “have it” have it because a doc told them they did?
93. owl blue | December 13th, 2011 at 1:51 pm
so lately, i’ve been noticing all these effects that end up sounding a lot like ADD. i didnt think it was for a while, but im in high school now and things just start falling apart with me. theres so much stress, and reading this and finding out that all my answers show up to be this is scary. all i need is to be able to CHILL OUT and not sit in my bed every night for three hours going over my day and stressing out and having to re-read and re-read things over or have people repeat them is just driving me absolutely nuts. i havent gone to a doctor about this. i used to be sort of a minor druggie and had considered “dooping the doc” for this but now im actually concerned that i need it and i dont know if im gonna be able to get this because of people who are abusing this.
94. owl blue | December 13th, 2011 at 1:55 pm
oh, and comment #90….
shut up. once you go through these things and have mental breakdowns EVERY day and cant even understand whats going on in your own life, you can come back here and tell me that. think about what you’re saying and try to have a little empathy before you shoot people down who need it. being one of them i know that people saying things that you’re saying sure as hell isnt helping with any of this
95. mike | December 18th, 2011 at 4:29 am
I’m not so sure if you faked it manny. (#10)
96. poonhandler | January 3rd, 2012 at 1:47 am
there wouldn’t be a shortage if the companies would just produce more to meet the bigger demand!
97. Rebecca | January 5th, 2012 at 10:04 pm
Wow! I hear both sides and feel both sides! Here’s my sticky situation!
I’m 24, married with a 2 year old. I have 24 tattoos. Only 2-3 that are visible given the weather. I have my ears gauged to 0, my bull piercing, and my inner tracus pierced.
What you dOnt see or know…. I have a very very very good job. I work for the DoD ( department of defense ) 9x outta 10 the only thing they see is my ear piercing.
Well I was on wellbutrin, zoloft, ambilify,prozac, ambien , lunest, and currently on trazadome. I am a person who had 14 tattoos. So, let’s start this frustrating debate! After 3-3 1/2 years NOTHING was helping! I finally was discarded from the army( honorable due to hubs and I both bn active duty, deployments etc) when I got out I switched to a local psych, she seemed nice. But also dished out candy like crazy. We went over 2-3 ADD/ADHD tests. Both was very high! So she put me on Ritalin 10mg x 2 a dAy, I became a BITCH! Mood swings hitting me after 2 hr.
So she put me on Vyvanse 30 1/day. Noticed immediate results i maxed at 40 b c 50 was too much. Now she no longer accepted my insurance
I was told to go In an be honest, so I did that my depression, anxiety, and sleep problem have gone away since I have been off for 3-4 months. YETi have no motivation, no desire, and failed 2 courses. I was only was on Ritalin for2 weeks, Vyvanse for a month. And ive been off the add/ADHD meds for close to 5 months.
Here is my biggest thing…. Since I am tattooed, pierced and have a normal dress attire I would say, the keep telling me no. Really? Clearly I need it. I’m not faking shit! I’m just shaking my head!!!
Don’t judge a book by it’s cover, I’m a well educated woman and according to everything I’m a severe case of a fuck no. It’s unfair. My last pysch appointment I let him know that while I was on Vyvanse I didn’t need to take any additional drugs. It helped my mood, my relationship withhusband etc… Last think told hi
Was yes any amphetamine can cause addicrio
If not monitored, but Vyvanse has chemicals that must be broke down through your liver… Which means no snorting… 2 people like you who judge people like me and rule out….. Guess that makes you ignorant! So yes, I buy from people. Not as a high, nor a weight loss etc but I purchase 5-10 and they last me about 20-25 days. Sad but im not am abuser to make sure i domt get hooked its not all the time, all though my work performance sucks
98. TKO | January 9th, 2012 at 7:13 pm
80. Kom-ehn Sents | October 11th, 2011 at 9:51 pm
The only reason i read this article because my friend/coworker had adderall and let me try a 10 mg pill. I took at around lunch and continued to work i was much more productive and alert. I do residental construction and finish carpentry. I was prescribed it as a kid as well as whatever the hell else they prescribe to kids i think alot of them are just over educated and overpaid drug dealers with out the consquences sometimes. But I have tried adderall a few times in the past 5 years but today really made me think its time to look at my medical files and call up the shrink for his/her expensive signature.
Last thing when I go into the doctors should I just ask them for a script of only adderall and tell them i’ve tried it and im alot more productive, alert, and don’t forget measurements or simple tasks?
Adderall Tips: How to Convince Your Shrink You Have ADD/ADHD
Thats the title of the article not your opinion of adderall destroying the presciption medical field.
Thanks, article makes a great point even though theres a few idiots on it but when isn’t there.
99. zsnesfreak | January 9th, 2012 at 11:37 pm
Lily (#9) I too am in psych, and you should know that there are exceptions, especially people with personality disorders.
100. kat | January 16th, 2012 at 7:29 pm
honestly whoever wrote this article deserves a kick in the teeth. i actually have ADD and need the drug to function, people abusing it is just pathetic. seriously smarten the hell up, your no better than people who scam doctors for pain killers….
101. AceFace | January 19th, 2012 at 7:30 pm
First of all, I dont think its right how people try to get prescribed anything they dont need.
Now, my story: Ive had a problem with ADD/ADHD my whole life and didnt like taking pills. When I was 13 I decided not to take them. My problems only grew worse as I denied it and said the old line “nobody NEEDS pills”. I was in denial. It hurt my high school education, hurt my marriage, and ruined a couple of businesses I tryed to start. My wife always begged me to get help. I told her Im a very smart person and cope just fine without. Well, sad to say but it took her moving out for me to relize that I needed help. When I went and got help they prescribed me adderall and it made me shake, heart beat out of my chest, no sleep, hard to eat. I went back asking for something different, they gave me adderall but in a lower dose. I can REALLY cope with my problems better and tasks at hand. It saved my marriage. If the first experiance is why people want the drug because they like that feeling, I dont see how anybody could like feeling like that. I think its a bunch of BS for people who get it by lieing, you are the ones that make it hard for people who NEED it to get it like a couple stories I read thru here. Now they judge you by the way you look and other factors and label you a drug addict. Its sad what people do for the “high” and abuse things to make it harder on the ones who really need the help to better themselves!!
102. Dan | January 20th, 2012 at 7:49 pm
fuck life. I need some coke.
103. William | January 25th, 2012 at 7:14 pm
Why do others want to impose themselves between myself and my doctor? I suppose it is the same reason you want to make decisions about what goes on in my bedroom? Maybe it is the same reason you want to tell me what to eat? America, REMEMBER THE IMPORTANCE OF LIBERTY.
Also, if someone wants drugs you can’t stop them. The war on drugs FAILED. However, if someone wants medical treatment you sadly can stop them. Laws limiting the ability of people to receive medical treatments like Adderall only hurt patients. Druggies will just get coke or meth or whatever instead.
104. jeff | February 1st, 2012 at 11:11 pm
Wow, very interesting. Guitarguy, I agree too. In fact, I am beginning to think I absolutely have this. The thing is, it is soooo hard to get a diagnosis, doctors find other problems wrong, including mood swings or depression, YES!! I have these, but why? They don’t even care… I had one lady want to “stabilize my moods” before we treat the ADD. Ok, let me get this straight, I am now 30 (28 at the time of the appointment), come off as weird to most, including women and am, in my mind old now because of things I wanted in life when I was younger that I am afraid I may never get. Yes, of course I have mood swings, yes I am mildly depressed because of the past etc.. But the route of it all is my oddities and me seeing the world so very differently than others. I can’t pay attention, screw up things etc., was sooo afraid of school due to my “laziness” that I couldn’t overcome, all the while I had no problem with physical labor. I ended up down on myself and thinking factory work was the way to go, imagine that…Mentally stimulating tasks were always an issue, all the while my ideas and creativity flourish. I have gotten older, some of the fog went away and the stress of mentally stimulating tasks has decreased very much so. But other issues still exist. I am now in college as a non-traditional student in the medical field, took me long enough to feel competent enough to do so… I would LOVE to get in a research environment due to the way my brain works but my inability to absorb technical details that bore me is difficult. I am always thinking up studies I would love to try and drawing connections to things, which to others, they don’t see these extreme connections. It is like the wikipedia, i jump from one topic that relates to another and in the end, I wind up elsewhere, sometimes it is relevant to the initial topic but sometimes it is really far away from the topic at hand. A friend told me it is hard to have a conversation, I jump from one thing to the next. It is HARD to focus on just a few things so I can flourish. I think of my brain like a circle around a circle, where the circle inside is more focused (historians, fact type individuals, passionate about what they do) and then me on the outer circle with ideas all over the place but not channeled. Being sub-par with a lot of things sucks, even if you know some things about a lot of things. Actually, it isn’t horrible but it can be very challenging to get a good job being like this in our increasingly specialized society. Most people you encounter are good at a few things and you are constantly feeling inadequate. Anyway, this is how I generally feel. The funny thing also is that although mental tasks can be difficult for me, it is usually because I am too impatient to learn the basics and want to jump to level 2. But on the flip side, in a working environment without mental stimulation, I get bored, my mind wanders and I get accused of being a screw up. It used to make me feel inferior/stupid. Now, I am starting to realize I am smart in a specialized way but it is hard to use this intelligence. In a perfect world, we would be tested for certain mental skills and used in a team based fashion IMO. The one field I see a lot of ADD folks go is the computer field. Funny, because I always had a thing with computers and technology, my best job was a coordinator in which I had a bunch of tasks and had some free time to myself to use my creativity to enhance things. So, ADD seems to be on the rise, allergens the same. I actually think there is a connection, I also do believe dopamine and histamine levels are inversely related (research Tourette syndrome for more information). I even had a thought that computers/technology are changing our brains to be more likely ADD type folks. And a lot of the older generation has this bias of what to expect from us, which is soooo different perhaps, from their current view of how we should all be.
105. alexandra | February 10th, 2012 at 3:24 pm
Hey, came across this article by accident. Can i just say you disgust me? I have ADHD and its not easy to live with. When i first got my meds i didnt want to take them cause of the bad effects they have on you. I had to be forced. And you here are trying to get meds when you dont even have ADHD! Do you how hard it is to have to live with ADHD? Look it up online for fuck sake! And for the record : GETTING DIAGNOSED WITH ADHD can take YEARS. Theres the waiting lists, the actual tests (which need a full examination as well as interviews with ur aquaintances, medical history, previous report cards and all that as well as a whole load of your report cards) cud take up to 2 years, then when you do get diagnosed you might end up not even getting help. theyr gna check loads more than just a checklist of what you think of ur past. So if you wanna get fuking locked on ADHD meds find another way to get it cuz u aint gna hav it easy, so STOP WASTING EVERY1S TIME! Do u even kno the effects that is gna hav on u??? Get real. Cant believe sum1 wud wanna abuse drugs meant for helpin peopple. Assholes.
106. norman bull | February 15th, 2012 at 1:07 pm
k really? every one shut up please. all this crap about ” i cant believe your fine with this” and “thats so wrong” who the hell cares. it’s none of your business. the person who wants those drugs will find those drugs and theres not a god damn thing you can do about it, and who cares? with drugs like cocaine or heroin where it makes you unpredictable then yeah we should worry. but think about what this stuff does… it calms you down and help you think, focus and manage your day… for some people it speeds things up but for the most part it doesn’t cloud judgement. and you know what the best part of all is? the people that really dont need it, usually get hooked or just have a really fun night, take too much and OD, and again… who cares? it’s killing off stupidity… thanks, that is all.
107. smarter than 98% of you (really) | February 21st, 2012 at 10:04 pm
First, I want to preface this with the fact that I am seeing a psychiatrist as well as a therapist, and have for years- we have a great repertoire and I have been very honest with him about all of this.
I had been on klonopin for a long time for anxiety and then I couldn’t afford to go see my psychiatrist, so I just dealt with it. My husband and I divorced (I was 26 at the time), and I got my regular MD to give it to me for a bit, due to the worsening symptoms. The second followup I had with him, I wanted to get an extra klonopin/day because I needed it. I explained the problems I was having (I was also in my last semester of college and the stress of dealing with the divorce and taking care of a 4 and a 2 year old with no help from the father was awful).
Then, out of the blue, the first thing my MD did was ask, “Has anyone ever suggested that perhaps you have ADHD?” This is a doctor that knows I smoke pot to help my insomnia (I do try and be honest with my doctors) as well, BTW. Suddenly a light when off in my head- I had taken Adderall before to stay awake and do homework, to deal with work after a hangover etc when I was younger (Ritilin a few times in my teens and actual Adderall in my 20′s), and it suppresses my appetite. I have an extremely low metabolism and no one knows why, so I have to eat under 800 cals a day in addition to working out three days a week to lose the recommended pound a week.
Now, I saw this as my way in! Finally- I would have the energy for the kids, my last semester of college etc- and maybe lose some weight! So, I played the game and walked out with a script of 30mg XRs (not the klonopin I wanted/needed, but you can’t win them all, right?). I couldn’t believe it- my golden ticket to being super mom (my patience is unwavering on it) and finishing college, plus drop some poundage.
I also suffer from severe depression that is not responsive to medications (I have tried over 35, and no, I was not taking any other drugs at the time, including smoking weed b/c I know that can cause them not to work). After 12 years, I am now considering ECT. My depression has gotten to an all-time low. I am remarried (graduated years ago), and now my kids are school-age. I still get my adderall, and thank fucking christ. I don’t know if my psychiatrist thinks I actually have ADHD or not (I started getting them fro her instead of my MD), but I think she knows I NEED them.
I don’t use them to get “high”- getting jittery isn’t fun. I take the amount I am prescribed (which is now a 30mg IR in the morning and a 20mg IR in the afternoon, though I often take it fairly close together), and I know if it were not for that, I might not even be able to get out of bed to care for my children for the few hours between the end of school and when my husband gets home. I can clean the house, help with homework, give them love and attention they need, and then I lie back in bed.
I am sorry for the novel, but long story short- I probably don’t have ADHD at all, and I don’t particularly like taking my Adderall in high doses (I did try a few times, but the side effects weren’t worth it all, and it didn’t really give me euphoria), so I’m not just “looking for a high”. My script never runs out early (often I have some leftover) and it allows me to pull myself out of my depression to give my kids the love, focus and attention they deserve, as well as to clean up the house so there burden for my husband.
If it were not for my Adderall, I would have the energy to do the bare minimum and fail at that (I know b/c I wouldn’t take it for a few days, as I like to give my body breaks, and I would just sink back into my depression), and I am SO thankful that I can be a good mom to my kids and a (fairly) good wife to my husband, though my depression is a cause of much stress. I am getting help, as I already stated, and am researching the possibility of ECT, given that no meds work.
108. Julie | March 1st, 2012 at 11:36 am
Soooo… how do I get my Phych to give me adderall? He gave me Cymbalta last time. Apparently, I gave the wrong answers…? He did say to come back in 2 weeks and if my focus didn’t improve, he would look into a stimulant. Any suggestions on how to attain this??
109. Kay Duncan | March 2nd, 2012 at 8:57 pm
I don’t really know if I have ADD or not, but I do know that I’ve taken Adderall from one of my friends a couple of times and I’ve never seen myself so focused and productive. Is that what being “high” off of Adderall is like? Or do people get jittery? Because I didn’t… I just felt really focused and in the zone. I’ve found that I zone out a lot, especially when I first meet people. I never remember first names or conversations. Math, well, don’t even get me started. School in general. I wouldn’t say I have bad grades, but the fear from my parent’s backlash at anything less than a C overrode my procrastinating side. Also, caffeine is another topic. I don’t understand why people are comparing Adderall and caffeine. Caffeine to me is nothing. Coffee, energy drinks; I can take shots of espresso and feel nothing. All that is useless to me. I’ve never felt jittery or even more awake at all from coffee, so I suppose I don’t really see it’s connection to Adderall. Either way, I’ve finally scheduled an appointment with a psychiatrist, albeit against my family’s wishes. According to them, mental disorders don’t exist. Here’s to hoping something can fix how spacey and forgetful I am.
110. HerpDerpOfficer | March 4th, 2012 at 7:31 pm
love all the retards who said this drug “ruined their lives”…yeah, if you were forced to take it, or had a reaction to it, or it permanently messed u up then yeah, you got problems, but people bitch about how many people fuck themselves up with this shit..WHY?..because these stupid fuckers don’t know the difference between RECREATIONAL drug use and hardcore FUCKING ABUSE..of course if you take adderall from everything from studying to taking a shit you’re gonna mess yourself up, these people just make the headlines because they OD in the most tarded of ways, and then we get the gov. and the media to step in and make it even harder for normal people to get the drugs….goddamn this backwards ass society
111. Chris | March 9th, 2012 at 8:07 am
Any one willing to sell there prescriptions? I’m to lazy to go through the process of getting prescribed and I only use it for day’s I have big test, midterms, and finals. I live near Boston contact me if your down we can speak on private terms cause you’d I need to get through senior year. Fuckk senioritis!
112. a day in the life | March 9th, 2012 at 8:41 pm
I think I may have ADD, I just recently started an online course and I have to read the chapters at least 3 to 4 times in order to pass the quizzes at the end. While reading I find my self wondering off somewhere else, then think, “what did I just read” then I re-read and before I know it I’m off in lala land again. Which I have always had a hard time concentrating on anything, like directions, someone can give me directions and I’ll be like “ok, yeah I know where that is” then once I pull away, I’m thinking OH DEAR, I wasnt paying a bit of attention to where they said to go! Needless to say, I have to stop and ask someone else, except this time I say I’m gonna write it down, but then forget to… Anyways, my question is, do you have to see a physc to get diagnosed with ADD, or can I just go to my family dr?
113. KatieRose | March 14th, 2012 at 4:29 am
That’s kinda bogus. I have always had problems paying attention in school. Talking or zoning out. My teachers would always make jokes about no matter where they put me I would still have the same talking issues along with the lack of focus. It’s preventing me from going to college dude to the fact I can’t focus on one thing for more then 20 mind. TOPS. Haven’t watched a whole movie in years. I’ll forget I’m watching a movie and walk away from it. There r people who need this, and by u abusing it is rediculous.
114. Irene St John | March 16th, 2012 at 11:23 am
my doctor just stopped writing ritalin, adderall for adults. she just stopped, boom now what do i do. just registered for law school at 58 years old. how can she just cut me off like that. anyone know whose rightibg meds for for adult add in the tampa bay /pasco county area?
115. godfather | March 20th, 2012 at 1:12 pm
Well this is very funny, one of my friend is on adderall because he likes it, not because he needs it. One day he gave me a couple blue M&M’s and told me it was going to be fun, well guess what it actually helped me focus on shit that is important, saddly all the answers up here match me pretty good, teachers always said I am very very smart but I am trouble as well, I always get off the track and move into something else without finishing, hobbies? how about 2-3k spent on rc nitro cars in 2 months, leave it, then 2-3k into paintball, leave it, video games are the only ones that stick around. So I am wondering how hard it is going to be to get adderall since its so damn popular among addicts lol.
116. Lee | March 22nd, 2012 at 10:54 pm
Wow. I cant believe i found this posting. I have found people like me. Amen. Im not stupid. My Iq is not low… I used to talk my head off in class and couldn’t remember a thing. I read and read but couldnt get it. I just didnt have the patience to even sit and take a SAT test. Didnt graduate went to the 12 grade. I did go back years later ( got a Ged) became a flight attendant loved that fast paced. Today On doctor OZ pushed me to go see a doctor for the first time in 43 years. I DID IT> I got HELP. Adderall xr 20mg. I will try it for the first time tomorrow in the am. wish me luck. Maybe I will be able to actually focus and take a class or two. Amen
117. SSGMiller/11b2c0 | March 23rd, 2012 at 9:43 pm
Hey Add army guy sniper, where and when did you go to school? I was there, i graduated, and theres one thing i know, you may never miss twice, but i never miss once, and also as a sniper you should know that when bullets pass by, they dont zing, they snap, breaking the sound barrier, so yea take another pill and shut the hell up, whats the snipers Motto? Wheres the course at? What grain .308 do we use? What power scope? whats the nomenclatures for all the rifles a basic sniper uses? and a 30-06 has a hell of a bullet drop with a 220 grn rnd, try 165, but you already knew that right? ha
118. SSGMiller/11b2c0 | March 23rd, 2012 at 9:50 pm
you guys are all pussys, god made our bodys, and he didnt invent pills, adhd is a lie, its all in your mind, i lost my leg in Iraq, i had tons of pain, they tried giving me Morphine, Dillaudid, fentynal, etc.. I tried it, but stopped in 2 days i realized, its all in my head and i enjoy the pain. Its gods creation that we are! Stop poisioning it with man made pharmacueticals. Stop being pussys, grab a tissue cry in it, and man the fuck up
119. DetroitDetroit | March 28th, 2012 at 12:02 pm
ADHD = not a real thing. Our behavior is inevitably shaped by our environment and our genes. Its just that kids these days are growing up in a sterile, under-stimulating suburban prison, watching TV and playing video games, not being disciplined, not being taught to make responsible choices, having no autonomy because of the necessity to be driven to each and every activity by their parents, experiencing no richness or romanticism or adventure in their youth and as a result of course cannot focus or prioritize, are impulsive and disrespectful, have no work ethic etc… they have never been allowed to take responsibility for their own lives so they can’t do it when the time comes. It’s our society and our way of life that causes us to need Aderall to function, not some mysterious mental illness. Those of you diagnosed with ADHD are diagnosed because your parents or someone else initiated you into the system, took you to see doctors, talked to your teachers, put you through tests etc… I’m sure all of us in the younger generations exhibit symptoms of so-called ADHD. You do not have more of a “right” to Aderall than your similarly unfocused, lazy peers. Get off your high-horse and let it go.
120. focusfree | April 1st, 2012 at 7:09 pm
I’m one of the actual 4% – and let me tell you, it’s a pain in the butt trying to obtain my monthly supply of Adderall – thanks to idiots who try to use it recreationally or as a cognitive enhancer. If I could find something that worked as well, that wasn’t a Schedule II drug, I’d jump at it. Unfortunately, 60 mg a day doesn’t even get me to function normally – but it helps a lot.
But I understand, there are so many regulations on this drug because the feds have to protect people from their own stupidity.
Let me just say that I’m not shocked by the irresponsiblity of this article; I’m shocked that some are so public about it.
The good news is, if you don’t have AD/HD, you don’t need a drug; you just need a life.
121. meh | April 10th, 2012 at 9:45 pm
i just got a huge job with a shit load of responsibilities. i could get adderall from time to time in university, and it actually helped me a lot. so who’s to say that normal, smart, yet lazy and generally unmotivated people like myself aren’t as qualified to get this amazing drug as the “real” add/adhd people? i think just because those people have been told since they were 6 (probably because their parents didn’t raise them right) that they have this “disorder,” they really believe they have one. that’s called indoctrination.
well, i’m going to a psych ASAP just to get this wonderful drug.
122. Mallory | April 15th, 2012 at 4:55 pm
I think this article is crap! I know where to get a drug like aderall without a percription. it easy just go to your local METH dealer. If it was easy to became a shrink anyone would do it. I have ADHD and if you don’t have it you have no idea what it’s like.
“so who’s to say that normal, smart, yet lazy and generally unmotivated people like myself aren’t as qualified to get this amazing drug as the “real” add/adhd people? i think just because those people have been told since they were 6 (probably because their parents didn’t raise them right) that they have this “disorder,” they really believe they have one. that’s called indoctrination.”
If this so called disorder wasn’t around niether would these pills be,outside someone who has narcalepsy(the sleeping disorder)!
And who’s to say the FED/FDA/DEA are to say! that is a lot of people, doctors and concerned citizens who don’t want to see people hurt themselves. Adderall has been used widely in the country for years and has led to numerous addictiona and heart problems that’s why it is on the Schedule II drug list. It’s HIHGLY ADDICTIVE but has medicinal properties otherwise it would still be a DIET AIDE for it’s appatite supresant cappabilities. If it weren’t for theraputic ablilties this drug would be illegal because it is an ANPHETAMINE or lamen’s term SPEED/METH and anyone who isnt ADD/HD or NARCOLEPTIC should not be taking it and if you think otherwise your are kidding yourself. GET A LIFE FUCK AND THE PILLS THEY AREN’T MAGIC there is no such thing as magic only heard work and a bit of luck and timeing.
123. Bailey | April 17th, 2012 at 1:35 am
I Agree with comment 122
just go ahead and visit you friendly neighbourhood meth dealer. Because everyone knows/ wants to meet up with THAT guy/girl.
… NOT…
hahaha what an idiotic thing to say
1. what kind of stupid “normal” non abusing college student or whatever is going to seek out a meth dealer, and even if one did know where to look, why would you ever buy these “prescription” drugs off the street??? haha
well your there, may as well just get some real meth or crack ( since you probably have no self-respect, or care for your body)
If you must get this somehow – probably stick to trying to fool the doctors.
but i still think that people are just being cowardly, and lazy. If you don’t actually have the symptoms, toughen up – and do what the rest of us do and put the effort in to preparing for the tests earlier. you don’s amphetamines, don’t make yourself think that your only as good as the drugs you smuggle. its sad, weak, and pathetic.
HAPPY STUDYING =D
124. Jg | April 21st, 2012 at 12:42 pm
This is exactly the reason why testing has changed, testing will indicate the presence of the syndrome which can’t be made up if the testing is thorough. You can fake it only for so long if that whilst causing problems for those who legitamitely have ADD/ADHD.
125. that one guy | April 23rd, 2012 at 5:24 am
Well all of what was in the artical minus the relationship part was true for me so im hopin to be o adderall xr soon.lol
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