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12-8-2008 7:21 AM
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wildcat says:
Use of drugs to enhance memory and concentration should be permitted, experts say.
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12-8-2008 11:01 AM
aklimento
Indeed, why? Why not use steroids or cocaine, mushrooms or weed? Much
easy than vigorous exercise, healthy diet and adjusted household. Penny
price for such "experts" in big market day.
12-8-2008 5:04 PM
masbury
My wife and I have been a couple for 40 years. But she says that realizing I had life-long ADHD, and beginning its treatment with Adderall, was the closest thing to a silver bullet that ever happened to our relationship.

A huge percentage - something around half - of those men in prisons today have ADHD. It robs you of some of your ability to understand what's going on around you, and to understand the consequences of your actions.

My short-term memory operated at the seventh percentile; with medication, the 65th. It's amazing I survived.
12-8-2008 8:42 PM
aklimento
masbury, you with your intellect and workability are lucky exception from the rule that so called "brain boosters" cannot be prescribed indefinitely long because of accumulating harmful side effects. But the point here is a present wave of attempt to transfer this highly individualized medication from really sick patients to the wast majority of healthy young students or blue and white collar workers, feeling mentally exhausted or simply tired. Or may be preparing themselves to some stressful situation. Is it proper way to do such preparation? Then why Olympic authorities took back gold medals from Ben Johnson and Marion Johns? Those who pumping themselves with various enhancers to stay aflo...
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