Would you take smart drugs to perform better at work? Managing The Risks Of Taking Adderall To Enhance Work Performance. Speed diet: Women using ADD drugs to get thin - Health - Addictions. On the patio of the Sunset Tower Hotel overlooking the Hollywood Hills, on the kind of sun-blinded afternoon Raymond Chandler made famous, Amanda F.* and I are eating. Well, one of us is eating. And it's not Amanda. "I took my Adderall about an hour before I got here," says the television producer as she picks at her crab salad. "If I hadn't taken it, I would have inhaled the table. " Amanda has been diagnosed with adult Attention Deficit Disorder (ADD or ADHD), for which Adderall, an amphetamine that paradoxically allows ADD patients to slow down and concentrate, is an accepted treatment.
But for her there's a notable and seductive side effect: For a body that has fluctuated between a size 14 and a size 2, Adderall — along with yoga and chain-smoking — has helped her maintain a size 6. "I can see you have a healthy attitude toward food," Amanda says, stopping me as my fork hovers midway between plate and mouth. Just why Adderall helps people with ADD is a little unclear. In Their Own Words: ‘Study Drugs’ High school pressure is everything. And when you go to one of the top high schools in the Chicago suburbs, you'll do anything that you can to put yourself above the other 1200 students. As AP Classes started adding up my junior year, I seemed to have an immense amount of work and absolutely no time to do any of it. I had always heard about people taking Adderall to focus, study longer, stay awake. Essentially, to create the time that they needed.
So, as the workload piled up, my search for Adderall began. Within twenty four hours I had five pills in my hand, costing me a mere five dollars. Five dollars for an A on an exam didn't seem as if it were any kind of price to pay at all. Once I got my first A from using a drug the night before, I continued using it. Naturally, the five pills were gone sooner than you could say AP US History. Then one day, I found someone who gave out Concerta for free. I soon start to see the downfalls in my relationships. Adderall has become a popular drug for athletes trying to gain an edge | Seahawks. Originally published November 27, 2012 at 8:02 PM | Page modified November 28, 2012 at 11:59 PM A new word has been added to the pro football lexicon, one that is threatening to become as nettlesome to the NFL's image as "Bountygate. " That word is Adderall, the amphetamine that keeps cropping up in the league's drug suspensions, and which now has allegedly touched the Seahawks.
Their starting cornerbacks, Richard Sherman and Brandon Browner, face four-game suspensions for reportedly testing positive for a banned substance, identified in multiple reports as Adderall. The players deny using anything illegal, but the increasing nexus between Adderall — a drug commonly prescribed to treat Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder — and the NFL has become impossible to ignore. At least 10 players have been linked to the stimulant in the past two years, though that number might be misleading. Still, it seems undeniable that the use of Adderall is on the rise, and not just in the NFL. Dr. Dr. Dr.