Follow-Up:
i am 18, and i have never taken pills for anything before.. i took one pill of adderall last night bc my best friend told me to try it..we had this 6 page paper due the next day, and i took it at around 10:30... in the first 30 mins i felt kinda weird, but then at 11pm i started my paper and i finished with 10 pages at 3am!! I usually can do this without a pill, but this time i didnt even realize i had been working for that long....but the sad thing is i coudlnt sleep for shit..my head hurt like no other and still does, and i was too lazy to go to school the next day (today).. i know i can do well without a drug..now i feel like im gonna be taking it more and more...we always hear these horror stories about ppl who get hooked on pills and start to think they cant function without them....this isnt realistic, and we know it can get unhealthy... and damn i was thinking about taking them for a month to lose some weight for prom..but now that i read about all the people who are trying to do this, and see a loss of only 6 pounds a month i see what a joke it is...i cant help but think how lazy and unmotivated we choose to be (sadly i am one of the worst) to have poisin our bodies to lose our appetite, or exercize...if i hadnt been such a damn procrastinator i wouldnt have had the idea of doing what i did....its very simple to lose weight, we all know whats healthy and whats fattening...we all know whats exercize and the majority of us could always sqeeze in 30 minutes a few times a week to do something...I think we should have more respect for our bodies, and for our mind, bc the ppl WHO ARENT DIAGNOSED with ADD, dont need the drug...its called laziness...and now i think that after one night of it i could be mentally hooked on it..why not take it next time i have that big test...or when im lazy, or when i wanna lose a few extra pounds? BECAUSE I DONT NEED IT...we dont need the pill for that extra boost, we just need an extra boost of faith and determination..and why not save that money for a cute outfit you can buy after you lose weight the real way? what im saying does not go out to the ppl who need to take the drug bc the doctor said so..this goes for procrastinators and lazy ppl like me...its ridiculous ive gained like 40 pounds in a few months bc ive been lazy and unrealistic in what i eat..im dreading summer bc i wont be able to hide under my Pea-coat..i weigh almost 180 now, and i know if i jog even 10-15 minutes a day (3-4 laps), eat normally, and remind myself im being strong and doing it the right way, i can lose at least 15 pounds by june...i sorta regret trying a pill last night bc yeah of course the way it fucks with your brain its tempting to try it again, but i think ive regained some lost determination in myself to do what i know i can, and what wont take my money, give me insomnia, mad headaches, and a guilty conscience....i'd love to hear what some ppl think about what i wrote, I'm sure many agree and disagree...good luck to all of you, either way, with your choice :)