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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 Andrew K. Smith 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.
List of contents
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
About the author
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.
Summary
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!
