# ADD/ADHD

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**Created:** [May 12, 2010, 8:57am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/add-adhd/252072 "2010-05-12T08:57:53Z")\
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**Author:** ![Alpine](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/4da419/32.png) [@Alpine](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/Alpine)\
**Post date:** [September 23, 2010, 8:09pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/add-adhd/252072/109 "2010-09-23T20:09:35Z")

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If it’s your first time talking with your doctor about something, then you’re not going to be prescribed anything that has the potential for abuse (ie: adderall, xanax, etc). The only thing you’ll be written for on the spot are things like SSRI’s and other meds that take weeks or months to even begin working.

A lot of doctors send their patients to GP’s or Psychiatrists in order to even be prescribed certain drugs in the first place.

> [@Flesh light cop?](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/flesh-light-cop/35244/7):
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> I’ve heard of kids as young as 12-13 years old getting prescribed xanax and other anti-depressants. WHAT THE FUCK.

Xanax is an anti-anxiety drug, not an anti-depressant. Where did you hear that from? That’s insane for any doctor or GP to prescribe something powerful like xanax, especially off-label, to a young kid.

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