Strange

[undergroundpanther]

Strange..I have had all my life ADHD.As a kid I took ritalin. Nowadays I take adderall.
The post on Greatest about methamphetamines
http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=view_all&address=103x467774
got me wondering,why do I forget to take the adderall, it is a combination of amphetamine salts apparently, something close to what the article discribes as a bad thing,maybe I should quit taking it? .
http://www.rxlist.com/adderall-drug.htm

I put my meds ,in a 7 day holder thing, and every week I find out I forget to take it for one day or more days when I fill it for the next week,always there are extras left over.And there are pills left at the month's end.I rush out the house in the morning without remembering to take it first , or I forget so they are the ones leftover.

Could it be because of the types of traumas I have gone through (being around a vicious drunk,being drugged than restrained etc. against my will..among other things,)create in me such a strong dislike of being or feeling drugged? Could my traumas really be part of the reason why I have no addiction issues at all ?
I really do not like anything that alters my consciousness. As for the adderall I have been on this same 30 mg dose for years.I don't want it increased.I have told my shrink I do not need any increasing even if he suggests it, I refuse.

Anyone else with ADHD like this?

[Tobin S.]

1. Regarding addiction issues

I'd say that those traumatic experiences with drugs and alcohol would be enough to keep me clean, too. I don't know of too many things more scary than being drugged against your will. I was unknowingly drugged one time at a party. It took me a minute to figure out what happened- Coors sure as hell don't do that shit :). It was a frightening experience. I was an adult when that happened, though.

After years of abusing my body with drugs, alcohol, and tobacco I've finally given it all up. I'm also in good shape for the first time in my adult life. Lost a bunch of weight. I feel the best I ever have. Alcohol, tobacco, and drug-free is the way to be, especially for us cracked folks. We've already got the odds of living a full, happy and successful life stacked against us. We don't need to make things harder.