ADHD Stimulants

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21 years ago 09/10/2002 4:52pm EDT

surely these things for normal people are immoral to take before a race but what is a guy to do if he has ADHD and uses these things.

i myself just got labeled with it and was giving a stimulant adderall. how will this affect my running? the drug is in the system for the entire day, will i be doing something immoral? the literature says stimulants do NOT increase performance but a drug test can make me lose all that ive worked for. this condition is a total handicap on my life and the medication has been the light. i like running and competing but will it be a toss up.

i know asthmetics are allowed to use there medications so will i be able to use mine.

21 years ago 09/10/2002 6:37pm EDT

re: reader

I'm no expert but here's what I got from reading the USADA and NCAA website.

Your medication is banned, and I couldn't find anything where you can get a medical waiver for it.

Trust me, there are kids in high school and college that take the same meds for ADHD. I wouldn't quit running. Who gives a shit. You aren't taking the meds to get an edge. I'll probably get flammed for telling you to drive on and keep running, but screw the negative folks. Keep the fact that you are on the meds to yourself. You may find that your running helps with the HD. I was a HD kid growing up, but as I like to tell folks, they didn't have some fancy ADHD medical term for it. I was a B.R.A.T. not ADHD. I discovered athletics and never had to take meds. Hopefully you'll be able to wean off the meds over time. Good Luck.

21 years ago 09/10/2002 6:46pm EDT

re: GaryB

It's not you, it's your hormones.

Before getting upset of anything, I suggest you read carefully marius' general msg board titled "Running a PB with legal hormones". I haven't finished the experiment and research yet, still have a few things to screw.

But it's worth reading it, reader.

Just in case you want something 'more'.

www.mariusbakken.com/forum2000/default.asp

21 years ago 09/10/2002 8:13pm EDT

re: sevatonic

running a pb with legal hormones, was that relavent?

i saw some kids on ritalin running track when i was in high school but they werent very good.

i heard stimulants "de-oygenate" the muscles, anyone heard of this, i guess it means the muscle loses its endurance. like someone told me all those easy runs i was doing was building oxygen in the muscle and now im worried my training will negatively be affected. like maybe i can focus and finish a set of intervals but maybe in a race ill be going slower

21 years ago 09/10/2002 8:17pm EDT

re: reader

from what the doctor told me was that i will probably be taking these for the rest of my life and with anti-depressants later on.

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