Quote Originally Posted by hotstuff
I took adderal a few months ago. I was in a job that required so much attention and focus. I am typically pretty scatterbrained and it was really getting me depressed how much i tend to just forget things and mess up at my job....no matter how dedicated i was and how many hours I would put in. I would just keep messing up.....this problem also tends to happen in my personal areas as well.
I tried adderal for a month....the doc started me out at 20mg. It completely changed me. I spaced out so much and would just forget what i was saying mid-sentence. I just felt very strange. Everyone around me noticed the change. I don't know if I just started out with too high of a dosage or what.
So i stopped taking it. I would rather just be my scatterbrained self than feel like that again.
The crazy thing was though... i had NO problem getting a prescription for the stuff. I simply just told my regular physician that i felt like i had a problem staying focused and just like that he prescribed it to me! He didn't even ask if I was seeing a therapist or anything.
Typically they won't have a problem giving you a script without a proper disgnoses simply because it's a money making opportunity for everyone AND it's use is so widespread, docs really don;t know what eklse to do when people come to them and say "I have ADD". Good doctors will try to have you diagnosed, but I have gone through numerous doctors who have seen that I have taken Rit in the past, and they just assume they are continuing my dosage. And then they wonder why it's abused...