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. Everyone is curious about Adderall. Young people abuse it, adults are addicted to it, teachers wish their students would take it, and parents consider prescriptions for their children. The Adderall Empire gives honest evidence of how working-memory training can change the life of a person with ADHD and provides readers with information about an alternative to ADHD prescriptions. Find out what it’s like to exit the Empire!
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Inside The Adderall Empire: Fragment One    Part I: Pre-Diagnosis    Chapter One: Streaking     Chapter Two: Tossing Kittens     Inside The Adderall Empire: Fragment Two     Chapter Three: Off the Rocker     Inside The Adderall Empire: Fragment Three     Chapter Four: School Antics    Part II: Diagnosis    Chapter Five: Attention Deficient Hyperactivity Disorder Diagnosis    Inside The Adderall Empire: Fragment Four    Part III: Post Cogmed    Chapter Six: Cogmed    Inside The Adderall Empire: Fragment Five    Chapter Seven: Two Girlfriends     Chapter Eight: Unorganized     Chapter Nine: Friday Night Fence Running    Chapter Ten: Foursome    Inside The Adderall Empire: Fragment Six    Chapter Eleven: Graduation     Chapter Fourteen: 260 Digits     Chapter Thirteen: Jail     Chapter Fourteen: Study Aboard, The Boys Go To Queenstown     Chapter Fifteen: Study Aboard, The Privilege of Youth    Part IV: Escaping   Inside The Adderall Empire: Fragment Seven    Chapter Sixteen: Observations after Adderall    Part V: The Road Trip Relapse    Chapter Seventeen: Adderall Dreamer     Chapter Eighteen: Indian Wells     Inside The Adderall Empire: Fragment Eight     Chapter Nineteen: Lumosity    Andrew K. Smith
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ISBN
9781614488958
Publisert
2014-07-17
Utgiver
Vendor
Morgan James Publishing llc
Vekt
181 gr
Høyde
203 mm
Bredde
127 mm
Dybde
11 mm
Aldersnivå
G, 01
Språk
Product language
Engelsk
Format
Product format
Innbundet
Antall sider
180

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Andrew K. Smith is a Pacific Northwest native through and through. He grew up in Edmonds, Washington, but spent his undergrad years across the mountains at Washington State University studying English and creative writing. The literary and arts journal LandEscapes published both his fiction and nonfiction works there, and in 2013 he received an honorable mention for the Sarah Weems Award in creative nonfiction for an essay-length version of The Adderall Empire. Andrew worked part-time as a writer for Camp Korey, a summer camp for children with life-altering medical conditions.