In addition, those of you who claim that adderall is not a drug of abuse are naive. Not only is it highly addictive, it has the same effect on the brain and body as cocaine, and does not require a very high dose – nor for that matter does it necessarily need to be crushed, snorted etc. – to have these effects. While adderall certainly helps those with severe ADHD, it also “helps” those who wish to gain a competitive edge in academia and in athletics.

Last, those of you who claim that the drug does not induce a “high” are patently incorrect. Adderall is an amphetamine, and as such it stimulates the production and retention of dopamine, which is one of the main “pleasure” neurotransmitters in the human brain.

That fact that Spikes appears to have acknowledged that he took an amphetimine without simultaneously claiming that he had a legitimate prescription for it seems to validate the decision by the NFL to suspend him for four games.

If I were Belichick or Kraft, I would be watching Spikes very closely from this day forward. Adderall abuse can lead very easily to addiction and dependency, and could not only short circuit Spikes’ career, but also ruin his life.

Look I love the Pats, some of you don’t. So be it and so what. It is the love of the game, no the team of the game. If you do not like the Pats fine. Just try to be realistic and really, try to be clear and not use such obscure terms and remarks as to make yourselves appear foolish. It’s much easier to cheer on your team and be passionate. Just don’t be stupid. I know how dare I. Well as one actor once said, “stupid id as stupid does. Run Forrest, Run!

As for this disease not being real….. Sometimes it is easier to spout off about what you don’t know to cover up what you don’t know but in any case your dead wrong.
I have never heard so many people cry foul because the Pats beat their teams. We are now the youngest team in the league and it still makes no difference we are still the best. Can’t deal with that…………..too bad.

I didn’t buy Cushing’s excuses, and I don’t buy Spikes’.

—-Not unless you take 10x the normal dosage, friend.

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When informed of his positive test Brandon said “Can you repeat that, I wasn’t paying attention”

That “ADHD Medicine” is Adderall, which is a Pharma-name for Amphetamine (which of course is most commonly known as “Speed”).

Brandon Spikes failed a drug test for Speed, essentially.

It’s really not that big a deal, but it is a Performance Enhancer.

Noooo. Saturday is Wii Dance Parties.

@belicheckyoself …

No-fun recreation? Ooookay

@pftisbecominglame …

Actually, Lame (good name for you), I’m the one always telling wet-behind-the-ears jerks like you stop judging people you don’t know. So save the holier-than-thou garbage for someone else.

Sandwiched in with my nearly 30 surgeries were a lot of medication experiments. I’ve spent most of my life getting by on little sleep, so I don’t find that terribly impressive. My brief Adderall adventure was forgettable. Buzz? To a woman who’s been prescribed every narcotic from oxycontin to oxycodone to morphine … adderall isn’t much of one.

I’m afraid I don’t know a rapist QB and stroking isn’t my function. But based on your completely uncalled for, rude, and smarmy post to me, I’d say you’re quite the wanker.

Right on, bro!!!

Not right NFL.

… so I’m all for him getting off it 4 weeks before the playoffs.

It’s the other playoff-bound teams that are cursing Goodell… this should be interesting!

Actually, the buzz off a 30mg XR is quite satisfying. I’ve never gotten so much done or needed sleep so little. It makes me want to smoke a lot, and I can’t eat anything and wouldn’t want to if I could. It’s pretty much the miracle drug. It combines weight loss with massive efficiency.

Again, your spouting off at the mouth about something you PERSONALLY know nothing about. Unless you’ve taken it, which I doubt you EVER would given your holier-than-thou personality, then you’re full of sh!t. Not a surprise at all though.

Now, go back to knitting…or stroking your rapist QB’s ego some more.

If he doesn’t have a formal diagnosis of ADHD and doesn’t a prescription for the Adderall, then he’s completely in the wrong and should do exactly what he’s doing….shut up and take your lumps. He’ll be back and rested for the playoffs.

@Deb keeping the above in mind, I agree with you – I do think that in a number of cases, ADD *has* been overdiagnosed. And don’t forget parents who DO need to discipline their kids a bit more (although not necessarily by smacking them upside the head)….

They don’t always have to be fun to be recreational.

Mark Sanchez went to screw in a lightbulb, but he gave it away four times and then went home instead.

@DumbassEinstein etc-
I think everybody has ADD tendencies, that’s why the drugs work on all those college students during finals. It becomes a disease when the tendencies interfere with daily life for a period.
I do agree that lazy parents and teachers probably use it as a go-to excuse for their more difficult kids-and would rather drug them than put the effort in to teach them discipline to overcome this.
There’s prolly not a lot of ADD-ADHD guys on meds in the NFL, because I think they’d either have overcome it themselves through resolve and discipline or have developed a long term habit of taking the easy way out and not fighting harder, which would make them long odds for Pro Football.

Sorry, guess my post was intended for dumbaseinstein. The next time you direct-quote some nut like that, be sure to put @dumbaseinstein or something to indicate that insanity isn’t coming from you

I understand ADHD. I was diagnosed with it through out school. As a child its hard to deal with. I had to take my Ritlin everday for 10+ years. When I turned 18 though, I stopped taking it.

When your a grown adult, you have more control over your thoughts and such, that you don’t need medication anymore. I went into the Marine Corps, and I had a few relapses but nothing that I couldn’t over come. SO I must say that he must either, be in alot worse shape that I was “Which is possible, but I would think unlikely” or he just doesn’t have the discipline that a 22 “I think he is” year old should have.

I know that its quite possible that I am entirely wrong here, but I don’t think he uses them for enhancements, but I also think that he is just undisciplined and has become reliant on his meds.