If you HAVE ADD, e.g. you have a low reuptake of dopamine, it WILL work for you and there will be absolutely no side affects. Even after continued usage and say, you take a break from it, you will have no withdrawls.
Granted this is if you have a low dopamine count. If you do NOT, then taking Adderall will be a very bad thing for you. Taking it, you will get "high" due to an overload of dopamines and, while your brain will be like greased lightning and you'll be blazing through work like no-one's business and you'll have boundless energy, you WILL burn out and become addicted and you'll be at the mercy of it.
However, if the doctor says you're afflicted with ADD/ADHD, and he prescribes Adderall, you should most definitely take it. There's no reason not to, and it WILL help you, if only a little. You'll know for sure if you have ADD if you take your dose and you feel normal.
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If you HAVE ADD, e.g. you have a low reuptake of dopamine, it WILL work for you and there will be absolutely no side affects. Even after continued usage and say, you take a break from it, you will have no withdrawls.
Granted this is if you have a low dopamine count. If you do NOT, then taking Adderall will be a very bad thing for you. Taking it, you will get "high" due to an overload of dopamines and, while your brain will be like greased lightning and you'll be blazing through work like no-one's business and you'll have boundless energy, you WILL burn out and become addicted and you'll be at the mercy of it.
However, if the doctor says you're afflicted with ADD/ADHD, and he prescribes Adderall, you should most definitely take it. There's no reason not to, and it WILL help you, if only a little. You'll know for sure if you have ADD if you take your dose and you feel normal.