I've got a friend who was a 'terrible' student in elementary/junior high; didn't respect authority, couldn't pay attention, didn't care about school (how unique!). He was diagnosed w/ ADD and currently takes 3 hits of Dexadrin every morning.
Back in my youth (ahem) my friends and I experimented using Dexadrin (not for its medicated purposes)... the stuff is basically speed. Take 2-3 hits of that stuff, and you're buzzing all night in a state similar to speed/ecstacy.
Supposedly the drug has different effects on ADD/non-ADD people, so I suppose I could chalk the 'drug-like' effects up to my being non-ADD.
However, I can't imagine being my buddy, taking 3 hits of those every morning and heading off to work. I think he's totally overmedicated, as he's (more or less) completely normal, he's just... lazy and late all the time. And high on Dexadrin.
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