Adderrall - How it helped my game

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maxeypad2007

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From the non-pool related thread...I think this may have some value for some of you.

So recently I started taking Adderrall, an anti-ADHD drug. Adderall is also sometimes an off-branded weight loss drug. By trade I'm a an application security consultant where I often will review thousands of lines of source code for hours at a time...needless to say it requires intense concentration. On my job this has been a godsend...i'd say my efficiency is up by 30-40% in long haul work days. In fact, I'd even venture to say that Adderrall is MAKING ME MORE MONEY.

Many college students also take this drug to help in long study sessions for big finals. I personally know many many people that did this with a high level of success.

After taking it the first day I decided to go out and see how it affected my pool game....Needless to say I was suprised.

After getting warmed up (20 minutes) I found that I was making tough shots with more consistency than usual. I started out playing banks on a tough 9' diamond. I opened with a run of six, followed the next game by a five. I ended one game with a run of six balls in full rack banks. Regularly I was running I'd say an extra ball on a long run. I also noticed that I was not jumping up at all when shooting certain shots. My confidence was definitely elevated if nothing else by the level of play I was experiencng.

Whether or not this is permanent is tough to say, but I'm definitely pleased with the initial results. At the very least I'd say taking this medication has added a ball to my game and in one pocket/banks maybe even a little more. I found that I could play for hours and hours without losing focus. I played at that level all afternoon for over four hours without any loss of focus.

For anyone looking to improve their game I can say this "smart drug" has done a lot for me.

Even beyond my pool game I was able to sit down today and read over 150 pages from a book without losing focus. My memory feels sharper and I feel more aware.

The drug does not make me jittery in any way, but I definitely feel a boost of energy when I need to exert it, but not a restlessness. Just thought I would share this experience with everyone regardless of how you feel about drug usage in pool.

FYI I'm prescribed this legitimately.
 
I can honestly say Adderall helped me in High School...... I was prescribed...... As for losing weight....... try 60 lbs in a month.....but I was active in some sports so the exercise was there...

I often wondered how it would work while shooting pool. I havent been on it since highschool 5-6 years ago but wondered.....
 
maxeypad2007 said:
From the non-pool related thread...I think this may have some value for some of you.

So recently I started taking Adderrall, an anti-ADHD drug. Adderall is also sometimes an off-branded weight loss drug. By trade I'm a an application security consultant where I often will review thousands of lines of source code for hours at a time...needless to say it requires intense concentration. On my job this has been a godsend...i'd say my efficiency is up by 30-40% in long haul work days. In fact, I'd even venture to say that Adderrall is MAKING ME MORE MONEY.

Many college students also take this drug to help in long study sessions for big finals. I personally know many many people that did this with a high level of success.

After taking it the first day I decided to go out and see how it affected my pool game....Needless to say I was suprised.

After getting warmed up (20 minutes) I found that I was making tough shots with more consistency than usual. I started out playing banks on a tough 9' diamond. I opened with a run of six, followed the next game by a five. I ended one game with a run of six balls in full rack banks. Regularly I was running I'd say an extra ball on a long run. I also noticed that I was not jumping up at all when shooting certain shots. My confidence was definitely elevated if nothing else by the level of play I was experiencng.

Whether or not this is permanent is tough to say, but I'm definitely pleased with the initial results. At the very least I'd say taking this medication has added a ball to my game and in one pocket/banks maybe even a little more. I found that I could play for hours and hours without losing focus. I played at that level all afternoon for over four hours without any loss of focus.

For anyone looking to improve their game I can say this "smart drug" has done a lot for me.

Even beyond my pool game I was able to sit down today and read over 150 pages from a book without losing focus. My memory feels sharper and I feel more aware.

The drug does not make me jittery in any way, but I definitely feel a boost of energy when I need to exert it, but not a restlessness. Just thought I would share this experience with everyone regardless of how you feel about drug usage in pool.

FYI I'm prescribed this legitimately.
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I started on it in 2001 and used it through 2005. I was winning everything I played locally and felt like King Kong. I lost 30 punds, and life was just great.

Then, I hit the big wall. Constantly irriatable and moody, couln't sleep more than 3-4 hours and just felt like crap. It took about 1 year, but I finally got off it and haven't been back. And yes, sure I played well on it, but, it wore me out.

While trying to get away from it I caught a simple cold and fought it for 8 months. I tought it was over.

That though, is my story about Adderall.
 
I have thought about this before but what happens when you don't have any adderrall... how does that affect your psychology? Once you become dependent on something like that you start to feel like you need it to perform... much like any other performance enhancing drug I would suppose. I would be too afraid of the long-term negative effects that something like that would have on my game to try it. I've never tried anything like that but that's just my opinion... I wonder what everyone else thinks.
 
maxeypad2007 said:
From the non-pool related thread...I think this may have some value for some of you.

So recently I started taking Adderrall, an anti-ADHD drug. Adderall is also sometimes an off-branded weight loss drug. By trade I'm a an application security consultant where I often will review thousands of lines of source code for hours at a time...needless to say it requires intense concentration. On my job this has been a godsend...i'd say my efficiency is up by 30-40% in long haul work days. In fact, I'd even venture to say that Adderrall is MAKING ME MORE MONEY.

Many college students also take this drug to help in long study sessions for big finals. I personally know many many people that did this with a high level of success.

After taking it the first day I decided to go out and see how it affected my pool game....Needless to say I was suprised.

After getting warmed up (20 minutes) I found that I was making tough shots with more consistency than usual. I started out playing banks on a tough 9' diamond. I opened with a run of six, followed the next game by a five. I ended one game with a run of six balls in full rack banks. Regularly I was running I'd say an extra ball on a long run. I also noticed that I was not jumping up at all when shooting certain shots. My confidence was definitely elevated if nothing else by the level of play I was experiencng.

Whether or not this is permanent is tough to say, but I'm definitely pleased with the initial results. At the very least I'd say taking this medication has added a ball to my game and in one pocket/banks maybe even a little more. I found that I could play for hours and hours without losing focus. I played at that level all afternoon for over four hours without any loss of focus.

For anyone looking to improve their game I can say this "smart drug" has done a lot for me.

Even beyond my pool game I was able to sit down today and read over 150 pages from a book without losing focus. My memory feels sharper and I feel more aware.

The drug does not make me jittery in any way, but I definitely feel a boost of energy when I need to exert it, but not a restlessness. Just thought I would share this experience with everyone regardless of how you feel about drug usage in pool.

FYI I'm prescribed this legitimately.
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Welcome to the world of Drugs.....:rolleyes:
 
branpureza said:
I have thought about this before but what happens when you don't have any adderrall... how does that affect your psychology? Once you become dependent on something like that you start to feel like you need it to perform... much like any other performance enhancing drug I would suppose. I would be too afraid of the long-term negative effects that something like that would have on my game to try it. I've never tried anything like that but that's just my opinion... I wonder what everyone else thinks.
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It's an awful feeling and one of total helplesness. I've been there enough for everyone. Leave the shit alone. Please
 
For people that are in the need of medication finding the right one can be like a miracle. My Dad is 84 and has parkinsons and diabetes and recently got a new med for his parkinsons and it's like he is a new man. My wife has suffered depression for over ten years and recently started a new med and it is simply stunning the turnaround she has made. Life can throw you some real crap sometimes but if you keep trying sometimes it all works out. Good luck to all!!
Never give up!
Dan
 
Maxey, I made you a custom Adderall Avatar so now you can have an identity in your posts

<--- like my dragon.

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DO you know how to install it?
 
quedup said:
For people that are in the need of medication finding the right one can be like a miracle. My Dad is 84 and has parkinsons and diabetes and recently got a new med for his parkinsons and it's like he is a new man. My wife has suffered depression for over ten years and recently started a new med and it is simply stunning the turnaround she has made. Life can throw you some real crap sometimes but if you keep trying sometimes it all works out. Good luck to all!!
Never give up!
Dan
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Could you tell me what drug your wife has been prescribed?
thx
steven
 
First off, I did not get this necessarilly a performance enhancer, but that sure is a nice side effect.

Drugs can come in the form of medication and calling it something to be "dependent" on kind of gives it a negative twist. I'm someone who has a health issue and with this medication that health issue is corrected.

Frankly, its no different than someone taking a drug for parkinsons only I'd say my issues were definitely less crippling.

I'm not really a drug user per se, i've dabbled as many of you have, but can say that this makes a big difference in my game.

As for confidence without it...tough to say at this point, the goal of adderrall is to correct an issue not make you dependent for life.
 
REALLY glad that it has helped you...and that you acquire it legally. An employee of mine suffers from ADHD and takes it too but she is now a chronic insomniac and I SUSPECT is medicating against that with unknown health effects...eventually.

As you know, it is an amphetamine-based drug so getting wired up (and being sleepless) comes with the territory.

If drug testing ever happens in pro pool, it certainly would be on the banned list and I would never knowingly put a guy in a match against anyone who I knew was taking it.

Good luck to you.

Jim
 
I was put on Atenolol about a year ago for an irregular heart beat. My Mom and Dad both take it, and I read all i could to see what it was about. One of the uses was for people who get nervous in front of large audiences, or need to speak to large groups. I will say that the feeling of fear/jumpyness/anxiety....etc is mostly gone, though that is a side effect. I do keep a much more even keel while playing, and getting all amp'd up just doesn't happen like it used to. I used to get nervous to the point of destroying my ability to play well....not now.

G.
 
incredibly irresponsible to suggest to people that they should try this or any other drug, legal or otherwise, to improve their game.

adderrall is speed. pure and simple. it's not that much different from "meth" that gets sold on the street.

also...sorry, but ADHD...almost a complete myth. Look up excitotoxins...refined sugar...sugar analogues...tell me your diet isn't chock full of them and I'll believe you truly have "ADHD" (another made up term intended to sell drugs.
 
av84fun said:
REALLY glad that it has helped you...and that you acquire it legally. An employee of mine suffers from ADHD and takes it too but she is now a chronic insomniac and I SUSPECT is medicating against that with unknown health effects...eventually.

As you know, it is an amphetamine-based drug so getting wired up (and being sleepless) comes with the territory.

If drug testing ever happens in pro pool, it certainly would be on the banned list and I would never knowingly put a guy in a match against anyone who I knew was taking it.

Good luck to you.

Jim
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There are some road players who swear that they look for people who use speed and take them apart, one slow stroke after another.

Adderall certainly will help some people and if taken the way it is prescribed they will not become addicted to it. The good doctors know when to switch them to another member of the amphetamine family and then back again.

I am not a doctor but I read.

If you really want to know about ANY DRUG, I suggest you google up some of these medical forums where everyday people use different drugs to balance their health and sometimes, unfortunately , to abuse their bodies and mind.

The forums will send chills up your spine but some people are getting help that they need. My favorite uncle (Augie), committed suicide and just never got the needed anti-depressants in my opinion. He had everything going for him, too. NASA employee, college graduate, good money, good job, great family (no bad habits). Depression is often times a chemical imbalance and can sometimes be corrected with medication but I'm sure all of you know that.

I know some players who look for Adderall and other similar drugs and they don't seem to play much better than me. They can just outlast me. :D

It sounds like MaxeyPad needs the medicine and doesn't use it primarily to play pool. Lots of cool advice here from everyone. Pick your poison.
If he doesn't get nervous using it, he most likely is one of those who should be taking it but that's just my ignorant opinion.
JoeyA
 
most drugs are basically poisons

Most drugs are basically poisons. When prescribed the hope is that they will do more good than harm. I don't know of any drug without the potential for great harm. A little off the subject but I strongly agree about ADHD being largely a myth. When my daughter was in the second grade they wanted to put her on I think Ritalin for ADHD. In fact the school had the right to demand that she not return to school unless she took it!

I went to the school and talked to the teacher and administrators. The problem, Susan talked in class! Hell, she was a chatterbox at home too. They said it was no big deal, over two-thirds of her class were on the drug. I told them loud and clear that it wasn't happening and I would haul their asses to court if they tried to put my child on drugs because the teachers were too lazy to control a class or teach and preferred a bunch of zombies in the class room. Here is a surprise, the drug they use is speed, many adult speed freaks were diagnosed as ADHD as children and put on drugs to control it. WOW! Who woulda thunk it!

Many of us have to take various drugs to function. My doctors and I have had an ongoing battle for twenty years, they want me to take more drugs, I want to take less. I am at the lowest level of various drugs that I have been on since 1993. No coincidence I feel the best I have since then too!

Taking anything that you don't have to is a bad idea. Using drugs as a crutch to play pool instead of fixing the problem is a very bad idea. Obviously this is not pointed at people that have to take the drugs for other reasons and it happens to affect their pool game also.

Hu
 
I was diagnosed with ADD in about 1999. I forget what was prescribed, but it was a drug that a friend of mine had been given as an anti-depressant. It did me a world of good for a few years but eventually I became depressed as a result of taking it. And yes, I played better, much better. My friend, who was taking it for depression, had the same thing happen {not the playing better, though}. I haven't taken it or anything else in about four or five years. Not sure how I really play now because I haven't played outside my house very much in the last three or four, at least.
I've dealt with depression most of my life and have no desire to take anything that will make me depressed. I'd rather play well on the 'natch or not.
 
ShootingArts said:
Taking anything that you don't have to is a bad idea. Using drugs as a crutch to play pool instead of fixing the problem is a very bad idea. Obviously this is not pointed at people that have to take the drugs for other reasons and it happens to affect their pool game also.

Hu
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they only work till you get a tolerance to them, then they increase the dose.....till you become an obsolute degenerate drug addict. just be careful. some people get the idea that because you play better on it, that the more you take the better you will play. it is just like people that drink , like myself, and play pool. first three or four drinks i play great and then with lucky number six i cannot see the end of the 9 footer...

using those drugs, please get input from a neurologist or psychiatrist, the general practice physicians really tend to overprescribe them. especially since most of them couldn't diagnose adhd if their lives depended on it.
 
Mofo

D-Sub said:
incredibly irresponsible to suggest to people that they should try this or any other drug, legal or otherwise, to improve their game.

adderrall is speed. pure and simple. it's not that much different from "meth" that gets sold on the street.

also...sorry, but ADHD...almost a complete myth. Look up excitotoxins...refined sugar...sugar analogues...tell me your diet isn't chock full of them and I'll believe you truly have "ADHD" (another made up term intended to sell drugs.
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I think ADD is a real condition because I've had it since I was young. If you had it you would understand why and how it affects your life, but you probably don't have it, and read some theory somewhere on the web about the drug companies where ADHD was mentioned.
In lots of cases, drugs shouldn't be prescribed and in many other cases there is an incorrect or incomplete diagnosis so dosages and meds are never leveled the way they should be. You're not a medical professional, just a schmuck with an opinion, but you are right that drug companies and doctors provide us too many products.
The truth is, Ritalin or Concerta is methylphenidate, which is a cousin to the street drug 'meth'. They're not identical, but have similar side effects on the body, and neurological function. Both are quite addictive, and speaking from the point of view of a patient who's taken Ritalin, it's great for the first couple years but after that it has taxed the body so much it's tough to recover from.
I was prescribed Adderrall also, which is a narcotic drug that affects the body much like Ritalin, but is a bit more harsh in the long run, and more toxic to the body. You can damage your liver mixing both with alcohol, but Adderrall is more addictive and more difficult to taper off.
The benefits of both drugs slow over time, to the point where you crash and your body burns out. Your muscles catabolize, your nervous system is flooded with chemicals that create mood imbalances so you withdraw into depression, mania, restlessness, anxiety, memory loss, and anger. It destroys your pool game when you get to that point because it takes so long to regain your body's natural balance and rhythm and detox. It takes a long time for your joints to heal, for your bones to not be so brittle, for your body's chemistry to begin retaining water again, because you leached your system by taking a harsh drug. Your metabolism will drop too because you're no longer starving yourself, and you will not process sugar and saturated fats the same ever again. The effects can be permanent and mess you up bad.
The alternative is to avoid both drugs period. If you have ADD or ADHD, or just anxiety or trouble focusing playing pool, you've got to change your diet and take in mono & polysaturated fats, while avoiding any high glycemic foods, and you have to supplement a good multivitamin, b-complex, and maybe a mood enhancer or concentration booster like Clarocet, which is something I've taken for a while, and it's been amazing for my game.
Had I known how ritalin and adderrall would've affected me, I would've never used it nearly as much. The euphoria was nice, the confidence was nice, but in the long run it sets you back and can have pretty bad side effects for years to come. Anyone who tries either drug will be talkative and want to tell everyone how great and sharp they feel because they're experiencing the manic high, but it's not what it seems to be, and whatever it does to your game is not permanent. You will relapse when you come off the drugs and be worse than before.
Another thing to remember is anytime you're dehydrated, which both drugs do to EVERYONE who takes them, you are going to be off your game bigtime when you eventually stop the drug because of two reasons. One is the memory loss with the drug is dramatic after you've come off them and do try to remember some of the things you did when you were high. The second thing is being dehydrated 2% translates to being below your mental capacity by around 20%. That is something to think about and remember. Stay away from anything that is a diuretic because it can never be good for your game.
The guy who said he's playing a ball better is not going to be shit if he continues where he's headed. He could be two balls better if he took better care of himself and dedicated himself to his game the right way. There are no shortcuts. How many stories have we heard about players who could've been something had they avoided the dragon? The best players in the world are not winning world championships because of any chemical edge. That shit will always let you down. You might as well start taking Stacker 2 if you think doing construction with your shirt off will get you chicks.
 
Depression eh?

Pushout said:
I was diagnosed with ADD in about 1999. I forget what was prescribed, but it was a drug that a friend of mine had been given as an anti-depressant. It did me a world of good for a few years but eventually I became depressed as a result of taking it. And yes, I played better, much better. My friend, who was taking it for depression, had the same thing happen {not the playing better, though}. I haven't taken it or anything else in about four or five years. Not sure how I really play now because I haven't played outside my house very much in the last three or four, at least.
I've dealt with depression most of my life and have no desire to take anything that will make me depressed. I'd rather play well on the 'natch or not.
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You depressing bastard...I should kick your depressed ass and make you cry and wipe boogers all over your sad face!:)
 
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