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Adderall Empire

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!

Andrew K. Smith

Writer Andrew K. Smith is a Pacific Northwest native through and through. His opinion pieces have been published in the Huffington Post. He grew up in Edmonds, Washington, but spent his undergrad years across the mountains at Washington State University studyingEnglish and creative writing. The literary and arts journal, LandEscapes, published both his fiction and nonfiction works and in 2013, he received anhonorable mention for the Sarah Weems Award in creative nonfiction for anessay-length version of The Adderall Empire. He is the author of The AdderallEmpire: A Life With ADHD and the Millennials' Drug of Choice. Andrew worked part-time as a writer for Camp Korey, a summer camp for children withlife-altering medical conditions. He is the co-founder of the Probable GeniusesLiterary Salon, hosted by the Society for High Intellect Textual Snobs (SHITS).

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