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Posted by Phil on March 1, 2013, at 16:34:11
http://www.clickbipolarblog.com/2013/03/adderall-its-long-road.html
Posted by Phillipa on March 1, 2013, at 18:48:39
In reply to Blog #3 Adderall, It's A Long Road, posted by Phil on March 1, 2013, at 16:34:11
Phil that is sad. No wonder so many adults now with ADD. Didn't used to be this way. Phillipa
Posted by Meatwood_Flack on March 1, 2013, at 18:57:02
In reply to Blog #3 Adderall, It's A Long Road, posted by Phil on March 1, 2013, at 16:34:11
In my day it was No Doz. I've heard some med and law schools are drug testing now because Adderral use is so prevalent.
Posted by Phillipa on March 1, 2013, at 21:50:40
In reply to Re: Blog #3 Adderall, It's A Long Road » Phil, posted by Meatwood_Flack on March 1, 2013, at 18:57:02
Wow that's scarey. Phillipa
Posted by Meatwood_Flack on March 2, 2013, at 2:21:40
In reply to Re: Blog #3 Adderall, It's A Long Road » Meatwood_Flack, posted by Phillipa on March 1, 2013, at 21:50:40
They're trying to make a better life for themselves. For a lot of them taking Adderral to help study could mean the difference between a job with a major law firm and hanging out one's own shingle in Deer Butt, Wyoming. I get it. I don't condone or condemn it, but you're right. It's a pretty serious gamble. I can't say that if I were enrolled at Harvard Law that I wouldn't use a little assistance, especially if nearly everyone else is doing it. I know if I finish at top of my class, Wall Street will be humping my leg and I'll be able to afford the best rehab money can buy, if it came to that. Besides, not everyone who uses gets hooked. A lot of that is genetically determined, whether or not one has an addictive personality. Besides, I'd rather keel over of a heart attack in my Tuscan villa at 40 than live to be 80 as a mailman. As the population increases and resources decrease, competition just gets crazier. So what it comes down to is character and values. And America is teaching her children that that you're nothing more than what you can buy. What's interesting is that Chinese students face even more academic pressure ("X-Box?? You have time for X-Box???") but I haven't heard anything about Chinese students turning to drugs to get an edge. They probably never saw Easy Rider.
Posted by Phil on March 2, 2013, at 11:27:36
In reply to Re: Blog #3 Adderall, It's A Long Road, posted by Meatwood_Flack on March 2, 2013, at 2:21:40
http://www.clickbipolarblog.com/#!/2013/03/group-therapy-seventh-level-of-hell.html
Posted by Phil on March 2, 2013, at 11:45:12
In reply to Re: Blog #3 Adderall, It's A Long Road, posted by Meatwood_Flack on March 2, 2013, at 2:21:40
Good points. I had a few white crosses one night at school. Probably as good as Adderall. I had a history test the next day and I was way behind. I read a lot of that book that night and for once history was interesting. I made like a 98 on the test.
I know I was ADD way back. I graduated far back in my class at my little school.
When a teacher was talking I would be watching a bird outside or looking at what the teacher or person in front of me was wearing. I was wondering if my mom was drunk yet. I was focused on all the wrong things. And I was depressed.About the Adderall after they got a job I was thinking about my own experience with meth when I was working 60-80 hours a week. I think I was hoping they wouldn't go that route. I wouldn't worry much about them and Adderall for most of them, just the ones waiting for an addiction to happen.
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