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My STEP-brother has ADD - no relation. He used to take Adderall but, despite his diagnosis, it *did* give him the typical stimulant buzz, rather than calming him. Perhaps we are defining "high" differently. By "high," I mean feeling energetic - TOO energetic. That's what stimulants do. Personally, I don't feel it's healthy to take them (unless one *needs* to for ADD). By "abusing" them, I mean taking about 20 mg a day - a typical prescription dose. (And, yes, I tried crushing them and snorting them, but I preferred the oral method.)
A little over a year ago, my step-brother gave me a bottle of Adderall that he didn't want anymore. I took it for about 2 months. It is the *only* thing I have ever felt I could be addicted to, and I have done a great deal of supposedly addictive illegal drugs. I stopped taking it when the bottle ran out, basically. I'm glad that I can't get anymore. I've also noticed that it causes the most horrible depression I've ever experienced the day after I've taken it. Solution? Pop another. Again, this doesn't seem particularly healthy to me. I might very well have ADD, but I don't want to take Adderall. It does make me more focused, but it also makes me insane. I think I'll stick with sane and unfocused. :)
[By the way, I *hate* painkillers. I've tried Vicodin and Loratab and I hate the way they make me feel - slow and stupid and tired. I don't think I could ever develop an addiction to an opiate or a painkiller because I don't like them to begin with.]
I'll take the quiz now...
TCP :)
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