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    Image of CumaeanSibyl CumaeanSibyl
    10/19/09

    In reply to Are College Kids Crazier Than Ever Or Do They Just Like The Happy Pills?
    Destigmatization is part of it, as well as the "come talk about whatever's bothering you!" approach of college counseling services.

    I'd also put a lot of it on the high-pressure upbringing a lot of these kids endured. Combine paranoid, overprotective parenting with an overemphasis on achievement and the constant drilling/special classes/application padding some parents put their kids through from birth, and you're going to get people who implode once they get to college. #college
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    10/19/09

    In reply to Are College Kids Crazier Than Ever Or Do They Just Like The Happy Pills?
    Kids, be careful. My roommate in college went to the mental health services for depression and anxiety. The psychiatrist put him on an experimental drug that set off loud spring noises in his head and made him punch the wall in his sleep. #college
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    Image of Foster Kamer Foster Kamer
    10/19/09

    In reply to Are College Kids Crazier Than Ever Or Do They Just Like The Happy Pills?
    It's because they want to score Adderall. I've thought about posting a definitive guide on how to do this. The only thing holding me back is the fact that my doctor might see it. #college
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    Image of James Del James Del
    10/19/09

    @Foster Kamer: Pseudonym! Sam Kefoter! #college
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    Image of sarrible sarrible
    10/19/09

    @Foster Kamer: I feel so very old. All I ever tried to score from the college health center was prescription-strength allergy meds. Mmm, Allegra-D.
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    Image of GitEmSteveDave_DefinesTurgid GitEmSteveDave_DefinesTurgid
    10/19/09

    @sarrible: With me in college, it was tylenoyl3 or cough syrup with Codine in it. #college
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    Image of Unsolicited Advice Unsolicited Advice
    10/19/09

    In reply to Are College Kids Crazier Than Ever Or Do They Just Like The Happy Pills?
    This is because mental distress has become completely de-stigmatized. In addition, traditional methods of dealing with stress - internalizing it, hoping it goes away, drinking heavily - are forgotten in favor of heading to the shrink every time there's some sort of existential dread. Plus every school is so afraid of suicides that I'm surprised they don't just pump a cocktail of SSRI's into the water supply. #sarcasm
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    Image of GitEmSteveDave_DefinesTurgid GitEmSteveDave_DefinesTurgid
    10/19/09

    In reply to Are College Kids Crazier Than Ever Or Do They Just Like The Happy Pills?
    Damn, you'd think with all the kids and adults on Adderall, the cost of my prescription would go down. #college
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    Image of FlowChart FlowChart
    10/19/09

    In reply to Are College Kids Crazier Than Ever Or Do They Just Like The Happy Pills?
    Maybe, just maybe, the kids care more about mental health and understand it more than older generations. Maybe they think "crazy" and "nuts" are pejoratives used by unhealthy, machine-hearted people. #college
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    10/19/09

    @FlowChart:

    Have you considered the "coddled pussies" angle? #college
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    Image of HiredGoons HiredGoons
    03/27/09

    In reply to Giving Kids Speed: Perhaps, In Retrospect, a Bad Idea?
    'What are you talking about-I don't need pep pills to be suspicious-If I wanna comment on it, I'll comment on it-Who's gonna stop me-You, Pep Pill Boy?-Pep boys- pills-Beverly Sills-Oh boy ah boy-Uh oh-uh oh...'
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    Image of pattycakes pattycakes
    03/27/09

    In reply to Giving Kids Speed: Perhaps, In Retrospect, a Bad Idea?
    i've never taken adderall or ritalin, but lately i've been considering it...
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    Image of Hydroceph Hydroceph
    03/27/09

    @pattycakes: I'm old-school. I've got Dexedrine, and i love it.
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    Image of If_I_Had_a_Poodle If_I_Had_a_Poodle
    03/27/09

    In reply to Giving Kids Speed: Perhaps, In Retrospect, a Bad Idea?
    ritalin and alcohol -- perfect together. tried it at a few parties ...
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    Image of Hydroceph Hydroceph
    03/27/09

    @if_i_only_had_a_heart: forgive my pharmaceutical cluelessness, but wouldn't they cancel each other out? Uppers and downers?
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    Image of britneyspearstears britneyspearstears
    03/27/09

    In reply to Giving Kids Speed: Perhaps, In Retrospect, a Bad Idea?
    I was on Ritalin way, way, way before it was cool.
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    Image of allyzay allyzay
    03/27/09

    In reply to Giving Kids Speed: Perhaps, In Retrospect, a Bad Idea?
    kids who don't want to grow taller should just start smoking cigarettes and downing coffee like i did, wtf.
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    Image of Hydroceph Hydroceph
    03/27/09

    @allyzay: See my post above, but coffee was supposed to stunt my growth. Either it didn't work, or i ruined the possibility of a career in the NBA (we won't talk about my near-sightedness or lack of eye-hand coordination).
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    Image of Mount_Prion Mount_Prion
    03/27/09

    In reply to Giving Kids Speed: Perhaps, In Retrospect, a Bad Idea?
    It was the Fruit Roll Ups that stunted my growth.
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    Image of Oy Veh (Informality Reigns) Oy Veh (Informality Reigns)
    03/27/09

    Fruit roll-ups?? No wonder I have issues. I was eating Ban Roll-On as a child.@Mount_Prion:
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    Image of BadUncle BadUncle
    03/27/09

    @Mount_Prion: Fruit leather drove me to the Hellfire Club.
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    03/27/09

    @BadUncle: Gushers turned me into a slut.
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    Image of Mount_Prion Mount_Prion
    03/27/09

    @BadUncle: ...and licorice ropes got me into BDSM.
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    Image of Hydroceph Hydroceph
    03/27/09

    @Mount_Prion: I used to eat soap, Zest, actually. That probably explains a few things, doesn't it?
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    Image of seancasio seancasio
    03/27/09

    In reply to Giving Kids Speed: Perhaps, In Retrospect, a Bad Idea?
    REO Speeddealer
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    Image of Clarence Rosario Clarence Rosario
    03/27/09

    In reply to Giving Kids Speed: Perhaps, In Retrospect, a Bad Idea?
    What is this, The Hold Steady Friday on Gawker Media?


    [deadspin.com]

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    Image of FracturedAcetabulum FracturedAcetabulum
    03/27/09

    @Clarence Rosario: Featured sponsor, maybe?
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    Image of Private Hangnail Private Hangnail
    03/27/09

    In reply to Giving Kids Speed: Perhaps, In Retrospect, a Bad Idea?
    I'm imagining a future of pharmaceutical Martin Scorseses, grinding their teeth and darting into the dark ducts that constitute our alien taskmasters industrial enterprise on the planet formerly known as Earth.
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    Image of Private Hangnail Private Hangnail
    03/27/09

    @Private Hangnail: Or maybe just a nation of emotionally damaged Munchkins.
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    Image of misslinda misslinda
    03/27/09

    @Private Hangnail: Ever have to work with 20 year olds? We're already there, and it's both.
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    Image of Hydroceph Hydroceph
    03/27/09

    @misslinda: that certainly explains my experiences teaching at a junior college.
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