A beautiful mind

[west_coast_don]

Okay, here's my story
I was always really active in class as a kid getting into trouble and
hating school work. My grades were so-so. It's around grade 6 that my parents
decided to take me to this place to get me tested for ADD. It turns out, or so they claim
that I was ADD. So, From then until the end of high school I was on Ritalin or adderall on and off.
I really hated it and it turned me into someone I wasn't but my grades were good. I was only off of it
during the summers and those were the best times of my life. I more or less smoked pot throughout high school and got
a normal high. The year before college, I decided enough was enough and
I stopped taking it to see what would happen. As time went by, I started to feel more and more like myself untill
Months later, I was diagnosed with bipolar disorder. I started going on meds
for that and It was slowing me down and bumming me out again. And this time, I knew I'd have to take these for the rest of
my life. A year and a half went by, and I decided to go off the meds. If you know what bipolar disorder is like, you know
that the depression really sucks. But as the meds wore off, something happened to the way I got high when I smoked weed.
I no longer feel paranoia, tiredness or get dozed out. The pot gives me a burst of energy and it becomes a completely
different high. I can excercise, sprint, do sports. Music becomes amazing and meaningful and I get really talkative.
People cannot tell Im high unless I tell them cause it's completely controllable. I dont even need that much to get high.
I used to get burnt out after 2 hours back in the day, but now I'm high for 4/5 hours and I dont get burnt out. I started going
to class high and my add was suddendly no longer an issue. It's like time and speech slows down and I have time to take in everything now.
I study great now too cause the subjects dont bore me like they used to. Anyways, all of this freaked me out cause it made me think I had
turned into Redman and Method man from how high. But I guess It's some kind of miracle like that. I dont know if It's the Add or the bipolar
or both but it creates some kind of reaction with pot. It's defenetly convinced me this plant was put on this earth for a reason. If anyone
has ADD or bipolar and has had anything like this happen to them, please give me some feedback.

west_coast_don Reviewed by west_coast_don on 01-30-2007. A beautiful mind Okay, here's my story I was always really active in class as a kid getting into trouble and hating school work. My grades were so-so. It's around grade 6 that my parents decided to take me to this place to get me tested for ADD. It turns out, or so they claim that I was ADD. So, From then until the end of high school I was on Ritalin or adderall on and off. I really hated it and it turned me into someone I wasn't but my grades were good. I was only off of it during the summers and Rating: 5

[Matt the Funk]

Actually I have a very similiar problem. And a story similiar to yours. Weed helps me focus(if I want to) and helps stablize my mood. The meds they give really suck ass and make you feel like shit.

[420izzle]

Same here...I know say I'm a medical user because of the A.D.D. medical use and recommendations in California and Oregon which are now being considered. I know it's helped me and that's one of the reasons I've always been drawn to it, that and it's the best substance I've ever put into my body.:rastasmoke:

[Natural Revolution]

I completely understand where you are coming from, the same thing happened to me

[FUNKNUGGET]

I have ADD, i was diagnosed in 7th grade...got put on adderall, stratera, and concerta. I always felt like a zombie/crackhead when I took them, I could never sleep or eat. I had expiramented with weed since I was in 8th grade...but early in high school I started mixing weed with adderall and it made it so most of the side effects go away...then I went to school a few times high on just the chronic and realized that was all I needed...Threw all the pills away and never looked back....