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Academic Doping

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everman

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Parents want their kids to excel in school, and they've heard about the illegal use of stimulants such as Ritalin and Adderall for "academic doping." Hoping to obtain the drugs legally, they pressure pediatricians for them. Some even request the drugs after openly admitting they don't believe their child has ADHD.
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Edit: added second question. Would you take it if it was an official drug sold by drug companies for the sole purpose of academic enhancement? It would be prescription only and safe. 😉
 
Do I?
:laugh:
Luckily I'm 100% legal.


Would I want/force my kids to?
Hell no, putting speed into a developing brain is wrong.
 
I know a number of kids here at Wake who use Adderall to help them with those long study sessions. I think it's stupid.
 
how do they work? I'm taking the GMAT in 3 weeks. Can i get my hands on some ritalin and have it improve my memory or something?
 
It will catch up to the ones that take unintended drugs. People taking Adderall for ADHD actually have to take it in sporadic bursts because if taken in a steady manner, the recipients tend to develop a tolerance thus making the drug useless not to mention palpitations, elevated BP and chance for sudden heart attacks.
 
I wouldn't screw around with dopamine levels in your brain. Granted there isn't enough data to paint a clear picture either way, but if you don't have any problems why put yourself at risk to develop problems? Not to mention it is illegal and potentially habit forming.
 
I don't think it's fair to compare steriods to drugs like this. Steroids can take you above and beyond what your body is physically capable of in terms of size and strength. These drugs aren't going to increase your innate intelligence any.

I mean, I usually don't feel like I can concentrate any harder when I am studying than I already am. I feel my limitations are more to do with innate intelligence, and no drug can increase that. For that reason I say your comparison is flawed, and there shouldn't be anything wrong with people using such drugs to help focus.
 
With the large amount of kids taking these drugs it would seem that some of them probably shouldn't even be on it. But now parents want to "level the playing field" by drugging up their kids too.

So should we hire the French to conduct drug tests?
 
I did occasionally in college to stay up for a late night study session but would never give those drugs to kids. If you don't need them then it's just speed.
 
Originally posted by: everman
With the large amount of kids taking these drugs it would seem that some of them probably shouldn't even be on it.
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Very true.

Horray for the pharmaceutical industry.
Don't worry about parenting parents, just give them these pills so they won't act up.
 
Have I? Oh yes and plenty.

26% over median in calc 3 final doesn't happen by itself 😀

To put that in perspective, I've done a double degree in top 10 Economics and CS programs and I'm not particullarily good (by anymeans) in abstract/discreet math.
 
I wouldnt...so far. College for me at this point (sophmore) has been pretty straight forward. I usually study hard and do really well. If things were to get super complicated, which im sure it will, then I can see myself taking some enhancements.
 
Originally posted by: Cattlegod
how do they work? I'm taking the GMAT in 3 weeks. Can i get my hands on some ritalin and have it improve my memory or something?
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I doubt it. They're stimulants, but the premise on how they help you is based upon the theories behing ADHD. If you do no legitimately have the disorder, all it will probably do is make you feel like you downed a bag of coffee beans in addition to a bunch of side effects.

Originally posted by: TFAThere have been concerns that ADHD medication temporarily delays growth, and one study found that up to 5 percent of children experience tactile hallucinations, often involving a sensation that bugs or snakes are crawling on their bodies.
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Hahha... wait, I actually remember having those. Felt like ants crawling up my legs at night.
 
for the most part, if it is not treated, idiocy is passed on to the children by example


Remember parents, make sure you have yourself checked at least once every tax/fiscal year. If you don't get yourself checked out, you could be breeding a little flock of fvktards that could end up killing you for their inheritence one day.

Unless you are poor, in which case they will kill you much much sooner to subsize their "nonacademia" -based doping
 
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