<p>Does it work for you? Does it only work for certain classes? does it give you an excuse to cram? let me know please i cant tell if i should be taking it or not, it messes up my sleep schedule.</p>
<p>I know several people who are taking it and are doing really well in school but I have another friend who it really screwed up in a number of ways, including not sleeping or eating and eventually having muscle spasms. He ended up dropping out because he couldn't function without it but it was messing him up.</p>
<p>Take it in small, regular doses rather than taking a lot when you need to cram. That's a big part of what messed him up. Also, since it's a cocktail drug they can adjust the amounts of the two drugs in it to make it better for you. Talk to your doctor about this.</p>
<p>i've taken adderall before. but only a handful times, and that was to cram for an exam or take the ACT.<br>
be careful with it. i wouldnt suggest taking more than a little. it can really, really, mess you up.</p>
<p>It's addictive, personal experience. And it hurts more than it helps in terms of studying/ability to do academic work. Not the end of the world, though.</p>
<p>I really want it... A weekly dose of it shouldn't get you addicted (and yes, I am very paranoid about getting addicted). The doses at which you can get pills from other students are certainly not high enough to get you addicted.</p>
<p>But it's so hard to get... It's tiresome. I'm a social loner, so it really really hurts.</p>
<p>Am I the only one who considers using adderal to study at the least morally shakey, and at the most tantamount to cheating?</p>
<p>no
I agree with you Weskid</p>
<p>Looks like adderal is the steroids of studying. Never used it to study.</p>
<p>Man, do people really do this? For god's sake it just shows how stupid you are if you use adderall just to study. Funny enough, my dad's a psychiatrist and so there are a couple boxes of samples of Adderall sitting in my basement, but I never once even considered that people would really use it to study better.</p>
<p>I agree with weskid and hyejung.</p>
<p>I agree with Goldshadow and wekid and hyejung. Just go to wikipedia to see why:
"Adderall is a schedule II controlled substance, meaning it has been deemed to have a high potential for abuse." The side-effects list is long and includes
Runny nose, Aggression, new abnormal thoughts/behaviors, mania, growth suppression, as well as difficulty sleeping, seizures, and depression. Does all this sound worth is for a last minute cram session that will most likely not even get you the grade you are capable of if only you have studied ahead of time?</p>
<p>I think not.</p>
<p>Please, be careful with this stuff.</p>
<p>If a doctor prescribed it because you have ADHD (all the time, not just exam week), then you should be taking it according to the doctor's directions. If he says you should take it every day, then do. If he says, "as needed" then do that.</p>
<p>If you mean buying adderall from someone who has a real prescription but has a few extra pills to sell or give, don't.</p>
<p>How's that for advice?</p>
<p>I know a student with a prescription who keeps careful count of her meds and understands them well enough not to give or sell them to anybody. People ask her but she won't "share." If she did, she'd also run out and hurt herself near the end of the month's prescription, because these are controlled by the day under each person's prescription. If you take someone else's pill, you deprive them of what they need just to get through the normal day, once their month's schedule is nearly done. If handled appropriately, there are no "extra" pills on hand for others to use.</p>
<p>To the OP, if it is ^^ing up your sleep schedule, ask your prescribing doctor if you can get two half-day doses instead of one extended release dose. Then you have to remember it mid-day, BUT you have a bit more control over things as it's just a half-day each time and might not intrude into your sleeping hours.</p>
<p>It's stupid and it is for people who can't manage their time well or can't handle their workload. Personally I have time management issues and it would be great for me, but I wouldn't take it and I deal with the consequences, be it lower marks or little sleep.</p>
<p>Paul Erdos used it.</p>
<p>The fact is, the people who use it are more likely to be irresponsible than the people who don't use it. Nonetheless, you can use it responsibly. It's just that you need a level of self-control to use it responsibly.</p>
<p>Don't use Adderall as a crutch. Use it as an occasional aid.</p>
<p>The irresponsible people who use it are the ones who spoil Adderall's reputation.</p>
<p>Is it unfair. Yes. But..</p>
<p>**Tutors are unfair</p>
<p>Parents are unfair</p>
<p>Genes (especially those responsible for the coding of proteins for the organization of the brain) are especially unfair</p>
<p>Money is unfair**</p>
<p>Here comes the "study ahead of time" arguments.</p>
<p>Life happens sometimes guys. Nobody can always be perfectly prepared for every test.</p>
<p>And even when I am way ahead of schedule for a certain class, I still like to study all night the night before the test to keep the information fresh.</p>
<p>Completely agree with you InquilineKea</p>
<p>omfg, i took adderall in HS a couple times and basically got semi-addicted. I SWEAR it is really really easy to get addicted to this stuff. I would definately NOT recommend experimenting with it. You're better off taking ritalin (this s*** is addictive as hell too so id stay away) but coffee works fine too.</p>
<p>lol why dont you guys take less addicting stimulant type drugs like modifinal or something similar. But I agree try your best to stay away from these types of drugs it will just make u lazy and dependent on them</p>
<p>I remember reading in the NYTimes last year that at Columbia they used these drugs, (adderal was mentioned the most)like candy. They blamed it on competitiveness but it left you stratching your head. So many bright students thinking that pill was their salvation.
My son has some ADHD symptoms and wont go on anything (yet) He learned to compensate and only long tests like the SAT/ACT were too tiring. He scored about 50-100 points lower than taking practice tests untimed. But he still wouldn't take anything. His doctor suffers from it too and said, when you can't compensate, call me...he never pushes drugs on anyone. Some people are fine, others have terrible side effects and go back off. I hated seeing him struggle with heavy reading assignments, but he did it. Getting A's in college but again, he doesn't drink or do anything that would interfere with his studying. So far, so good. If he needs help, I hope he gets it, but it's good to be informed and know it's not a "wonder drug".</p>
<p>Black Coffee does wonders!</p>
<p>"Sad" would just about sum up my thoughts, or maybe "pathetic". Sad that you can't cope with normal life events without the help of drugs. You want to stay up all night to study, for whatever stupid reason? Easy...just don't get into bed and go to sleep. I've done it...not fun but not impossible. If you find yourself (like some people I know) doing that more than once a week, either you have some serious time management issues that you need to sort out, or you're at the wrong school to begin with if it takes you 5x as much effort as everyone else in the class to get the same results. So many people just seem to hate the idea of their fun time having negative consequences in other areas.</p>