Does taking ADD/ADHD drugs allow students to be more alert, focused, attentive and smarter? I mean even if one is perfectly healthy without any medical conditions requiring the use of such drugs?
2007-01-11 06:59:28 · 10 answers · asked by walexan 1 in Science & Mathematics ➔ Medicine
Unlikely, since such drugs are prescribed (?) to correct something which is missing in a person's brain to allow "normal" function. When there's nothing to correct, such drugs will have an adverse effect far from their intended function.
If you're into sci-fi, think of Project: Genesis from "Star Trek II: The Wrath of Khan" -- if the project intended to "create life from lifelessness" is released onto a planet which already HAS life, then that will be destroyed in favor of the new genetic matrix.
2007-01-11 07:08:22 · answer #1 · answered by ensign183 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
It depends on the drug type.
My brother's girlfriend for example has mild ADD, and takes prescription drugs to counteract it.
On several occassions, when he's been crunched for time on a paper or studying for an exam, he'll take one of them, and he says it vastly improves his concentration and ability to think critically.
But we don't know the long term side effects to his brain chemistry, which is why he so seldomly does this.
If you look into the composition of the drugs and what they do with neuron firing and such, then yes, a person who does not suffer ADD/ADHD taking these drugs would experience heightened mental faculties, at least in the concentration and focus areas.
But you should never abuse prescription drugs, and in this case, thinking that critically all the time could be detrimental to your mental stability. I always use Rush Limbaugh and Oxycotin as a prime example.
2007-01-11 07:07:57 · answer #2 · answered by kaleban21 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Only people with a diagnosis of ADD or ADHD should take medicines for improved focus and attention. Most drugs prescribed for those conditions are stimulants, which help stimulate the part of the brain that does not work as well, the part that controls focus and attention. A person who does not have ADHD should not take them. That would be a misuse of the medicine.
2007-01-11 07:13:46 · answer #3 · answered by jellybean 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋
upload/ADHD drugs calm the affected human being and help them to concentration. Oddly, they have the option result on non-victims. maximum of them (perchance all) are stimulants. it really is, they make commonplace human beings more effective hyperactive, no longer a lot less so. it truly is portion of the debate about those drugs. In any experience, the reply on your question is a flat "no."
2016-12-29 03:40:47 · answer #4 · answered by ? 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
No, They actually do the opposite. It would make you wired, jittery kinda like taking alot of sudafed. If you do have ADD, then it helps the chemicles in the brain to react so you can focus. If you dont have ADD/ADHD it would do the opposite.
2007-01-11 07:08:38 · answer #5 · answered by syndi c 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
yes it would. You would also have another problem : DRUG ADDICTION. I would rather take a nap to get more alert. As far as getting smarter, study harder after you take a power nap
2007-01-13 17:36:23 · answer #6 · answered by veronicawilliams1969 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I dont think so. If you have ADD or ADHD it means you are a slow thinker so probly not.
2007-01-11 07:04:27 · answer #7 · answered by Hillary Nance 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Yes, it helps. I have used it before and my friends use adderall all the time. Just make sure you eat something before you take adderall, it kills your appetite for a bit.
2007-01-11 07:07:27 · answer #8 · answered by kmanct2 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Yes it would, and no it wouldn't be worth it, not to mention that it isn't legal. Does the phrase "speed freak" mean anything to you?
2007-01-11 14:16:44 · answer #9 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Drugs are bad.
m'kay?
2007-01-11 07:06:29 · answer #10 · answered by Mighty C 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋