The Adderall Empire

A Life With ADHD and the Millennials' Drug of Choice, Second Edition

by Andrew K. Smith

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Pub Date May 28 2015 | Archive Date Mar 08 2016

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Biographies & Memoirs | Science

Description

Is there life after Adderall? Andrew K. Smith’s hooligan pranks and social impulsiveness paints a picture of Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder (ADHD) before medication, and it would seem that the little orange pills could cure his mischief. But readers will furrow their brows as they enter The Adderall Empire, traveling with the author through the chemically conflicting mind states. Is working-memory training a feasible alternative? Readers will beg for the answer, hoping Andrew stops getting into trouble before his parents disown him or he winds up in jail. Again.

Advance Praise

"The brutally honest way in which Smith depicts his own struggles makes this book a page-turner, and it will leave you questioning the "Adderall Empire" as a way to treat ADHD." Washington State Magazine
"With hilarious stories, excellent writing, and brutal honesty, Andrew K. Smith opens an important window into his life on Adderall. At the same time, he lays bare the culture of prescription drug abuse among teenagers. Doctors thinking of prescribing it, kids thinking of taking it, and parents thinking of letting them should read this book first." A.C. Fuller, author of The Anonymous Source
"If you are, like me, a reader of a certain age, Adderall and other psychotropic drugs given children nowadays will likely be a mystery to you. Andrew K. Smith explains what years of medication for his diagnosed ADHD did -- and did not do -- for him. Readable, funny, and uncomfortably honest, this memoir may make you think at least twice about pills if children of your own are said to have "problems." John Whittier Treat, author of The Rise and Fall of the Yellow House

"The brutally honest way in which Smith depicts his own struggles makes this book a page-turner, and it will leave you questioning the "Adderall Empire" as a way to treat ADHD." Washington State...