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So there's a guy in my class who traffics in amphetamines (Adderall). He is very popular.
I do not buy from him. I get them from my physician (kidding!) This guy has a father who is a physician, gets them from outside sources, and his son passes out the candies for the people who feel they need them. It's illegal of course but Adderall use is rampant in graduate schools all over the world.
Many MD Students in my class remark on who is on Adderall. I tell them I can spot an amphetamine user 25 paces away from me. Cocaine, Crack, Crystal Methylamphetamine / Tina / Crystal, etc are all amphetamines. A friend of mine back at home suffers from ADHD and Bipolar disorder. She and her partner are crazy as heck but I love them. She's a wonderful woman and does so much good for her family and friends. A person on amphetamines (e.g. Adderall) has the classic signs of loss of weight, disruptive, fidgety, draws alot of attention to themselves, very labile, very fluid, sometimes unbearable. There's quite a few kids in my class on Adderall and when the subject was broached, they admitted it. But they tell me things all the time because I'm the older guy, more like a father figure, and I just listen. I tell them to get their drugs from a physician who can monitor them and let it go.
What percentage of the students in your class are on psychiatric meds, be it Anxiety Agents, Antidepressants, Sleep agents, Amphetamines or Strattera (also for ADHD but not an amphetamine)?
Medical Students have a much higher rate of depression than the average US population.
People judge others for being on psychiatric meds or being depressed, being addicts, being anxiety ridden, having had suicidal ideations (with or without a plan), sleep disorders, eating disorders, etc. I say....
Everyone has had problems of some sort, and while most people in medical school are very young, they'll have problems come their way and understand this post. For now, I am counseling a few people into medical school as non-trad Pre-Meds who have families, who have had a life, who have a history of personal problems and I tell them, "so what? Who doesn't have a history?" But they fell scared in someone at the Medical School Admissions Committee finding out. I tell them the members of the Committee are all probably on SSRIs and/or sleep agents!
Which brings me to this post.
Yes I realize no one may post to this thread b/c it might reveal something personal about them. However, I say that the more people talk about these things, that they have struggled with ADHD as adults (licit Rx of Adderall and Strattera), Depression, Anxiety, Suicidal Ideations, the more accepting society will be of people who self-disclose.
How many in your class are on psych-meds?
This could be a very lively, fun thread actually.
I do not buy from him. I get them from my physician (kidding!) This guy has a father who is a physician, gets them from outside sources, and his son passes out the candies for the people who feel they need them. It's illegal of course but Adderall use is rampant in graduate schools all over the world.
Many MD Students in my class remark on who is on Adderall. I tell them I can spot an amphetamine user 25 paces away from me. Cocaine, Crack, Crystal Methylamphetamine / Tina / Crystal, etc are all amphetamines. A friend of mine back at home suffers from ADHD and Bipolar disorder. She and her partner are crazy as heck but I love them. She's a wonderful woman and does so much good for her family and friends. A person on amphetamines (e.g. Adderall) has the classic signs of loss of weight, disruptive, fidgety, draws alot of attention to themselves, very labile, very fluid, sometimes unbearable. There's quite a few kids in my class on Adderall and when the subject was broached, they admitted it. But they tell me things all the time because I'm the older guy, more like a father figure, and I just listen. I tell them to get their drugs from a physician who can monitor them and let it go.
What percentage of the students in your class are on psychiatric meds, be it Anxiety Agents, Antidepressants, Sleep agents, Amphetamines or Strattera (also for ADHD but not an amphetamine)?
Medical Students have a much higher rate of depression than the average US population.
People judge others for being on psychiatric meds or being depressed, being addicts, being anxiety ridden, having had suicidal ideations (with or without a plan), sleep disorders, eating disorders, etc. I say....
Everyone has had problems of some sort, and while most people in medical school are very young, they'll have problems come their way and understand this post. For now, I am counseling a few people into medical school as non-trad Pre-Meds who have families, who have had a life, who have a history of personal problems and I tell them, "so what? Who doesn't have a history?" But they fell scared in someone at the Medical School Admissions Committee finding out. I tell them the members of the Committee are all probably on SSRIs and/or sleep agents!
Which brings me to this post.
Yes I realize no one may post to this thread b/c it might reveal something personal about them. However, I say that the more people talk about these things, that they have struggled with ADHD as adults (licit Rx of Adderall and Strattera), Depression, Anxiety, Suicidal Ideations, the more accepting society will be of people who self-disclose.
How many in your class are on psych-meds?
This could be a very lively, fun thread actually.