my 21 year old son we feel is addicted to
adderall. It all started his senior year
high school when he took some to do well
on his SAT. He lost lots of weight we
questioned him and sent to a talk doctor
who said his was fine now. Well he wasn't
and off to colledge he went and claimed he
real needed add drugs to help him because
he thought he realy had add. We took him
to a doctor that wnated to do testing he
went to another doctor that in45 minutes
told him he was add and gave him a script
for adderal. 3 years later and many
classes drop work loss ect.. he claimes he
needs more and has been useing more so
that his script is used up sooner and he
tumbles into a depression of lots of
sleeping missing classes ect. He said he
needed help but it was that he wanted a
higher dose. We picked him up from
colledge in a depressed state tried to get
him to see another doctor but when he
refused we took him back to his doctor and
told him of pass use. Would you beleive
this doctor gave him a new script plus a
anti deprsent. My son has a lot of
potential and now we feel this has taken
away his life. He wont amit to a problem
what can we do .
Adderal is a combination of
dextroamphetamine and amphetamine.
Amphetamine and its derivates are nervous
system stimulants. Adderal is used to
treatAttention Deficit Disorder (ADD) and
narcolepsy (a sleeping disorder with
excessive sleepiness during the day or
sudden attacks of sleepiness).
Amphetamines can cause dependency if not
used properly. Like other dependencies,
amphetamine abuse includes toleration (a
need to increase the doses of the medicine
to feel the same, original effect) and
abstinent syndrome (increased severity of
the symptoms during withdrawal).
Amphetamines can cause only a psychic
addiction and are not known to be
physically addictive (like opiates).
Amphetamines mustn’t be combined with a
type of antidepressants known as
MAO-inhibitors. According to your son’s
symptoms, it seems very likely that he is
experiencing addiction from amphetamine.
He needs expert help from a mental health
specialist who can help him treat drug
addiction. Keep in mind, however, that
you can lead a horse to water but cannot
make him drink. Support groups like
Al-Anon exist to help families and those
who love addicts understand the disease of
addiction, learn tools for living with
addicts, and get on living life. You love
your son but you must also love yourself!
You can ask a trusted mental health
professional for help managing your own
feelings about his abuse.
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