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You're right. Any psychiatrist that prescribes Adderall will tell you that it affects those with ADD differently than those without. Personally, I have never go

You're right. Any psychiatrist that prescribes Adderall will tell you that it affects those with ADD differently than those without. Personally, I have never gotten high from it. In fact my medication made me drowsy as a child. A lot of the medical advice in this thread is dangerous. If anyone reading this thinks they have ADHD, seek a qualified professional's opinion - they aren't guaranteed to be right but (respectfully) the odds are much better than some dude on HN.

sibeliuss 7y ago
> You're right. Any psychiatrist that prescribes Adderall will tell you that it affects those with ADD differently than those without. This is based on the assumption that the person being diagnosed does indeed have ADHD, and is not, say, afflicted by a poor home life, or poverty, or any other contextual scenario that may lead to the inability to focus, temporary or otherwise. These are important questions because of the overprescription crisis we are in. Millions of children are being given these medications; many are misdiagnosed. And this isn't "medical advice" -- this is a frame of personal experience with an emphasis on very textbook side-effects: potential for loss of appetite; potential for loss of sleep; danger of misuse and / or abuse. All things a psychiatrist, if responsible, will / would have discussed before writing a script, but oftentimes don't. A reminder that "your milage may vary".
- sobellian 7y ago
  > Before going down a road that involves powerful stimulants that have a high likelihood of abuse or misuse -- the danger is that they're fun, and one develops a tolerance, just like other similar illegal drugs -- it might be worthwhile to investigate a mediation practice, or other exercises to improve your attention. If you're already high functioning its likely not as bad as it seems. Sure sounds like advice to me. You're not just throwing this stuff into the ether for a purely academically interested observer.
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sibeliuss 7y ago

> You're right. Any psychiatrist that prescribes Adderall will tell you that it affects those with ADD differently than those without. This is based on the assumption that the person being diagnosed does indeed have ADHD, and is not, say, afflicted by a poor home life, or poverty, or any other contextual scenario that may lead to the inability to focus, temporary or otherwise. These are important questions because of the overprescription crisis we are in. Millions of children are being given these medications; many are misdiagnosed. And this isn't "medical advice" -- this is a frame of personal experience with an emphasis on very textbook side-effects: potential for loss of appetite; potential for loss of sleep; danger of misuse and / or abuse. All things a psychiatrist, if responsible, will / would have discussed before writing a script, but oftentimes don't. A reminder that "your milage may vary".

sobellian 7y ago
> Before going down a road that involves powerful stimulants that have a high likelihood of abuse or misuse -- the danger is that they're fun, and one develops a tolerance, just like other similar illegal drugs -- it might be worthwhile to investigate a mediation practice, or other exercises to improve your attention. If you're already high functioning its likely not as bad as it seems. Sure sounds like advice to me. You're not just throwing this stuff into the ether for a purely academically interested observer.
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