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Comments on: Stim Nation: Adderall Use, Abuse & Addiction

1. I agree to this post. I have been taking adderall for over a year now and I am ready to get off of it but the problem is I am a student. I am afraid I will not be able to concentrate as well as I do with the adderall. This drug should be banned, I think it is ruining young peoples lives. The long term affects are what is scaring me the most. I want to live a long life, not forget when I am half way there. If anyone understands, I would appreciate the support.

   Posted by: mylifearemyboys3 December 30th, 2006 at 12:57 pm

2. >>I am afraid I will not be able to concentrate as well as I do with the adderall. >>This drug should be banned, I think it is ruining young peoples lives.

   guess what, you should shut the fuck up and fail college already. let the rest of us that can deal with our medicine not have to hear you anymore.

   Posted by: Erik Buchwald June 23rd, 2007 at 1:50 am

3. I don’t think these stimulant medications should be banned; i think the current regulations on the meds are adequate. I do think there should be stricter diagnostic criteria and more knowledge for doctors overall. I don’t think all physician should be allowed to diagnose ADHD and prescribe medications unless they have received some form of specialized training in it.

   Posted by: pat August 14th, 2007 at 1:44 am

4. I also think that stimulant medications are good for people who need it.I graduated from college in 6 and a half years, it could have easily been done in 4. i was lost and couldn’t concentrate. I am finally on ADHD meds and i do so much better. I work as an accountant and i do much better and feel focused. I wish that i would known to get diagnosed much earlier.

   Posted by: yesh December 15th, 2007 at 6:49 am

5. you know what? i think the guy who proposed a drug ban on adderall is a dumbass. the gov only says 25 people have died on adderall (and of those 25 they cant directly link adderall to many of the deaths). and face it prohibition doesnt work. if you’re personality is an addicting one, then guess what? drugs just aren’t for you! the government shouldnt control what we put into our bodies, Americans should be able to decide what they want to put in there bodies, and they should be held at fault whenever they make a bad decision. prohibition doesnt work. trust me, cociane, marijuana, heroine, meth,and E are all easy to get accesss because there is such a high demand for them. all youll do by making adderall illegal is filling our jails with people with nonviolent crimes, raise crime rates, make the drug impure and contaminated/laced with other substances, making it much more dangerous to the user than when it was legal.

   Posted by: dan December 15th, 2007 at 12:09 pm

6. I have been on and off meds since i was in 4th grade my mother told me it was a vitamin. I do believe that only certain doctors should be able to prescribe this medaction. About being scared of the complacation of the meds. I’m not afraid of being addicted because it does not alter my percetion or give me a “buzz’ as it would do to someone who did not have the disorder. What scares me is that people who dont understand the disorder spread myths and misinformation. ann

   Posted by: ann December 23rd, 2007 at 12:10 am

7. For more than a decade I searched for an answer to my problem. I truly thought there was something wrong with me. Saw several Doctors in several disciplines. Tried different drugs. nothing cleared my head. Nothing allowed me to remove the “haze” and sharpen up. A psychiatrist I happened on 6 years ago urged me to read a book on adult ADHD. I was stunned at how exactly the author described what I was feeling. Upon going back to the Psych., she put me on Adderall. It was the magic bullet I’d been searching for. I’ve been taking it for 6 years. The down sides are well known. My body is now dependent on it and I’m taking the max dosage allowed. (sometimes more). It is a shame that the Feds and all these folks who couldnt possibly understand without walking in my shoes, get their noses in there declaring it evil and so dangerous, etc. While ANY drug has the potential for danger if abused, I resent being dictated to regarding a substance that has done so much to improve the quality of my life. I don’t see the same stigma being promoted for alcohol or cigarettes. The feds collect billions of tax dollars from them. Gotta be careful not to condemn them too much…
   Bottom line? For me Adderall is a life saver. If i’m dependent on it, so be it. Loosen the reigns and allow me the freedom to take it until I decide the liabilities outweigh the benefits.

   Posted by: Dale O January 4th, 2008 at 2:36 am

8. Ok, I am a 25 year old male with joint custody of a 4 year old and I have ADHD comorbid with agitated depression and anxiety. That guy leaving all those smart comments, well guess what, do you think fluoride is safe? It aggravates ADD/ADHD I use non fluoride toothpaste, eat orgnic food, use natural deodorant, everything in purest form the way it should be, exercise, take organic vitamins, omega 3, and amino acid supplements, and have the exact if not better results compared to when I used to take adderall. That stuff made me suicidally depressed. Guess what bro, a person with ADD/ADHD is not suffering from a lack of ritalin or adderall, why dn’t you read kevin Trudeau’s Natural Cures book then see what you really think about the FDA and FTC. Just by taking L-Tryptophan to boost seritonin, GABA to make my mind shut up, A Hemp protein powder used for my workouts with amino acids, an organic liquid vitamin, and 6 grams daily of omega 3, I feel absolutely wonderful!! There is also the fact that there are thngs like applied kinesiology, alphabiotics, neurotransmitter balancing, dianetics, thought field therapy, neuro emotional techniques, there are other options and the pharmaceutical industry is monopolizing on all these drugs saying that in order to be healthy you need medicines which is not true. Look into it.

   Posted by: Brian January 10th, 2008 at 7:26 am

9. I NEED HELP!!! I have been on adderall for 5 or 6 years and it is actually making me 100 times worse and more ADD. Also when I have tried to come off I can barely funtion and want to die. I wish I could figure out what to do. Do you have any suggestions for me?? I would be soooooo grateful!!! SINCERELY, bONNIE d.

   Posted by: bonnie January 18th, 2008 at 10:22 am

10. i hate adderall so bad it makes your dick go limp in situation when you dont want it to be limp, heres a story i was cheaping on my girlfriend and i couldnt even have sex with the hoe i was gonna fuck than i was like shit bitch let me stick a finger in your ass hoe and she was all like hell no nigga

    Posted by: freddy brown January 25th, 2008 at 9:26 pm

11. Here’s my current situation- I almost feel dependent on it. I started taking Adderall XR 15mg when I was 15y/o. I had taken that dose almost daily until after turned 19y/o and I started a job that had me working 14 hours a day, so I upped my dose to 20mg. I have been taking 20mg on most days for about 8 months now. I’ve always known the effects of Adderall and whatnot and never thought I was abusing it, and have always been concerned about future health risks and dependency. The reason I say I feel dependent is because whenever I go a day without any adderall I can barely do anything. I’ll sleep like a baby, I’ll hardly think about anything, and my movements are very clumsy- almost like a physical dependence. It kind of scares the shit out of me to think I’m addicted to something.
    And I have become a moody person. I’m not a naturally “edgy” person, but I think the adderall can turn me into one sometimes. It has taken so much of my own brainpower to combat the side effects of Adderall. I’m tired of combating the side effects, I want off of this stuff. But I can’t just “go off” of it right now because I’m starting a new job next week. Does anyone have any adivice/tips or has anyone experienced what I’m talking about? If so, please feel free to talk!!

    Posted by: jenny April 18th, 2008 at 8:14 pm

12. All I can suggest you to drink lot of coffee,

    Posted by: Ali May 22nd, 2008 at 7:16 pm

13. Saw your post re: Adderall–

    I am 52 y.o. SWM- been taking Adderall for at least 6 years– last few years said to self- cant function with out. Over the last few years have gotten a “flat depression” and constant insomnia- just thought depression– just saw a “specialist” today and he told me “to get off Adderall”– he said over the length I have taken- may be responsible for depression symptoms- so far have “wasted afternoon”- but i have never been off for more than a few days- so I am willing to try– ALSO– I was referred a “natural ADD herbal tonic”—called “Focus Addult” made by NativeRemedies.com- 2 people i know have their kids on it & swear by it- when the kids didnt like ADD meds- hope the last bit helps… The first part was just letting you know- there are a lot of us who “fear going off Adderall”– the short term rebound is tough- fatigue, feeling “out of sorts”– I am hoping ( as this Dr said)- that at about a month “I will get back to being “normal”—

    Posted by: Neil May 31st, 2008 at 2:57 am

14. I have taken adderall on and off for 5 years. Honestly, it has been more on than off. I started buying it from a girl in class my junior year of highschool and am now a junior in college. I have smoked weed on and off since I was a freshman in highschool, again more on than off. I am trying to stop taking adderall currently because it is slowly ruining my life. My freshman year I took 60 mg a day and drank two redbulls (caffene interacts with adderall, intensifies it) I had a 3.4 GPA and partied hard EVERY night til 4 am would get up at 7 am and never miss a class or an assignment. By the end of the last semester, right around when Brittney Spears shaved her head, I was feeling like I was going insane too. I honestly had to hide the magazine of my roommates with Brittney and her bald head on the cover to stop thinking about how insane the world and I were becoming at least to my adderalled out mind. I remember calling my mom one day, telling her about 10 things I had done before noon and then complaining about how I could never get it all done I was falling so far behind and how I didn’t know if I could even do it anymore. It was awful. I took the summer off from the adderall and even quit smoking weed for a while after a classmate took too many drugs and hung himself. I went to Ireland and didn’t touch anything but of course alcohol at the end of the summer. Yet I was excited for school to come so that I could be superwoman again and feel great, not to mention loose some weight (I was never the least bit fat without it but have always had a distorted body image). When school came I did alright for the first semester than failed miserably the second. I still have a 2.9 GPA which is sad because I could not apply to nursing school this semester as planned because you have to have at least a 3.0. Before drugs I was always a straight A student. I have always been an overachiever but the bad kind. The kind that sees black and white, all or nothing. I have to get an A or might as well just get an F. HORRIBLE way to think but somehow I can’t seem to change. I also have this problem where I NEED a guy one that loves me and pays constant attention to me. Then I purposely create problems and seem to unconciously beg for attention so much that the guy gets annoyed or that he gives it to me and I no longer enjoy the guy because they are no longer a challenge but are instead an annoyance. I don’t know if I will ever have any hope. I have cut out all relationships. i don’t think that there is a single person that truely knows me. I have been this way for a long time. Its a sad way to live and I want to know how to change.

    Posted by: trb326 September 11th, 2008 at 7:08 pm

15. i hate life when trying to quit adderall after 12yrs of taking it daily for add (220mg/daily) tablet form

    Posted by: Addicted_or_Dependent October 20th, 2008 at 12:08 pm

16. im now 18 and i feelk as if i am literaly falling apart minute by minute 24-7 im a student who has just recentely graduated but i have been on the generic form of adderal athemphetimine for longer than i can remember, i guess being a home school dj helped the addiction i dunno but i have been though it, suicide webites,mental breakdowns, problem with family and please please please never prescribe ur child to this i dont give a fuck how bad of add they have its not worth dying over,

    Posted by: xxxxxx July 9th, 2009 at 12:22 am

17. if anybody who has been through similar feelings please any advice would help im kinda a drum and bass dj so ive been raving since i was really young and i need weed to ever fall asleep but this pararoia is heavy sometimes i never talked to anybody about it because i feel scared,alone,insane im still on it too but need to stop

    Posted by: xxxxxx July 9th, 2009 at 12:29 am

18. i was on my way to become a pro surfer i was in the fuckn industry at 16 with a name fur myself and everybody supported it, adderal complety FUCKKED MY LIFE i feel to weak to even go to the beach

    Posted by: xxxxxx July 9th, 2009 at 12:32 am

19. plastic parents — GET A MOTHERFUCKING CLUE DONT PRESCRIBE YOUR CHILDNEN TO THIS SHIT

    Posted by: xxxxxx July 9th, 2009 at 12:33 am

20. I am sorry people who are not addicted to adderall has to feel so hostile toward those who don’t agree with it. Let me just ask those who claim they aren’t addicted. (I have been on it for years and got off the poison) Can you go a day withoiut it? YOu really never noticed any emotional changes?(i don’t at ALL buy that you haven’t)Do you need to take this amphetamine for the very rest of your life? Hmmmm to me if you are on a drug that has top be upped due to tolerance and one you can’t function without…… Yeah you have ADD but congratulations!!! You’re also an addict :) Toss those pills away and let’s see how addict like you act….. I don’t care what anyone says (I have been on this stuff for years) You ruin the way your brain is supposed to naturally develop and you mine as well snort some cocaine. Argue all you want…. but it is the truth.

    Posted by: jen October 11th, 2009 at 6:12 pm

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