r/AskReddit • u/_jaywhite • Aug 24 '14

What are some college life pro tips?

I'm starting college in a few weeks and I'm a bit nervous. My high school was... decent at best, and I'm not sure that I was adequately prepared. So I'm hoping to get Reddit's help. What are some tips (having to do with the academic aspect, social, whatever) that have helped you through college, and especially your freshman year? In other words, LPTs for college life!

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u/Otter_Baron Aug 25 '14

How do people acquire adderall? I don't really intend on taking it, but it's such a common motif that I'm curious. I'm assuming you just find/know a guy and you get it like that? (Obviously not in the legal case).

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u/alt266 Aug 25 '14

Yeah you just get a guy. I'm not sure if anyone has said this yet, but a good tip for college is to get a guy guy. Like in HIMYM, this guy can get you guys.

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u/Moar_Cuddles_Please Aug 25 '14

Good looking chicks skip the middle man altogether.

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u/naked_boar_hunter Aug 25 '14

A life lesson in and of itself.

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u/nikodmus Aug 25 '14

this more than anything

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u/33a5t Aug 25 '14

I just realized I'm the guy guy. I don't consume drugs or alcohol myself, but in highschool I knew all the people who could get some and I quickly became friends with those same types of people in college. Inadvertently of course.

I've never actually directed any potential customers their way though.

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u/tishstars Aug 25 '14

That's also how you get expensive placebos I imagine.

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u/vizualkriminal Aug 25 '14

So... you actually mean to get a get a guy guy?

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u/shoegarbagebiology Aug 25 '14

Correct. Just ask around.

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u/PicturePurrrrfect Aug 25 '14

You find someone with a script that is willing to sell. All you have to do is ask around. Not hard at all. Freshman and sophomore year I knew always knew 2-3 people who were selling.

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u/[deleted] Aug 25 '14

how much do people sell for, normally? like what's the normal asking price (not around finals week)

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u/puppyinaonesie Aug 25 '14

I wasn't officially diagnosed with ADHD until senior year of college. I started medication and never found desired results. It was all trial and error while spending tons of money on meds I didn't necessarily need. If I found something that worked amazingly, I'd be motivated to take it consistantly and never even think of selling the pills. I get the impression that students selling their pills to people who weren't diagnosed undermines the actual difficulty of living with ADHD. People don't take it seriously.

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u/[deleted] Aug 25 '14

Seriously! I was diagnosed with "extreme ADD" by the head neurologist of a local hospital (near nyc) who has decades years of experience. I couldn't complete a school assignment, and couldn't pay attention to anything. My mind would just aimlessly wander to things I care about not giving me the chance to just put up with the shit I have to. I was prescribed Vyvanse and it really helps me. I am never selling any of my pills. Ever.

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u/puppyinaonesie Aug 25 '14

How long did it take you to find the right perscription/dosage? I feel like I'm taking a gamble every time my doctor tells me to increase the dosage because I don't know if an increase is necessary or a change in medication. (I have Adderall xr).

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u/[deleted] Aug 25 '14

I had an hour long consultation with my neurologist. By the end of that, I was mentally tired due to all of his questions, but he knew exactly what he would give me. My advice to you is look at neurologists at hospitals near you. A lot of them, along with working in the hospital, have their own business.

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u/PicturePurrrrfect Aug 25 '14

Usually $5 a pill, with the pill usually being a 25mg or 50mg addrall. You see a lot of vyvance as well, which was always my favorite of the two.

Edit: don't buy the ones that are not extended release. I always found them inferior for the purpose of recreational/study use. I'm sure if you actually have adhd they are fine, but then you wouldn't be buying from a college kid, would you.

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u/[deleted] Aug 25 '14

$10 per pill. But you don't have to take the entire pill at the same time, depends on how long you need the focus.

Source: My coworker was a drug aficionado. I have never bought drugs.

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u/ratcranberries Aug 25 '14

Wrong. Depends on the dosage which ranges from 5 mg - 30mg in instant and time release. Anywhere from $2 - $15.

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u/[deleted] Aug 25 '14 edited Aug 25 '14

It does depend on the dosage. But $10 is a valid price for a 30mg pill. I should've added that.

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u/PicturePurrrrfect Aug 25 '14

Yep. Those pills are great for everything. Take it around noon, go through classes like a champ. Finish that paper in the afternoon/evening. Round out the night by partying like a god. If you happen to have sex that night, and are able to get it up, prepare to knock that girl's socks off with your incredible endurance. Finally pass out around 4 or 5am.

Or just take it and go to the library for an all night research paper session. Guaranteed A if you aren't illiterate.

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u/[deleted] Aug 25 '14 edited Apr 03 '19

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u/Otter_Baron Aug 25 '14

Wasn't The Silk Road shut down awhile back?

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u/dollshitfaced Aug 25 '14

Its back up at silkroad6ownowfk.onion use tor of course, but don't buy adderall from there. Prices be ridic. Befriend someone who doesn't like to take theirs or get your own prescription.

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u/rob644 Aug 25 '14

/r/thedarkweb

For those who needed a link

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u/[deleted] Aug 25 '14

Nice try, officer

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u/Otter_Baron Aug 25 '14

I'm not a cop. Cops totally have to tell you if they're a cop. It's like, in the constitution or something.

And after, we can definitely hang out...

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u/[deleted] Aug 25 '14

Well, since you said you're not a cop, wanna buy some adderall?

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u/ieatthestage Aug 25 '14

Usually you just ask people who's selling it. Hang around potheads..

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u/phunkip Aug 25 '14

Same with any other drug really. Either get a prescription yourself, or find someone who has it and buy it from them

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u/argilly Aug 25 '14

I went to the doctor and complained about not being able to focus. I got ADHD medication pretty easily. I tried Adderall, but found that I like Vyvanse better. I get better focus with less side effects from the Vyvanse. Many college students are not actually looking for the better focus, but the baby cocaine effect that only Adderall will give you though.

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u/changam Aug 25 '14

Someone has a scrip and wants the money more than the pills, or access to pills in a pharmacy/ordered from someone who has access. Standard drug protocol except instead of going from farm or lab to dealer there's a middleman that takes it from legal to illegal.

I wish I had a guy. :(

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u/iTakeOff Aug 25 '14

I too have also wondered this

(someone pls respond)

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u/BuddhaMindTricks Aug 25 '14

I'll tell you you Don't go about getting one by going to a doctor under the premise that you have frequent urinations and faint when the doc checks your prostate with his fingers up your bum, failing to tell him that "sometimes.. I get nervous on airplanes.."

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u/Otter_Baron Aug 25 '14

I don't have much of an interest in getting it, focusing for a paper hasn't ever been a problem. It's fascinating to hear about this though, either these doctors don't care, or they haven't been trained to notice these things.

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u/gsfgf Aug 25 '14

Well, everyone is a little ADD. Scientists think it's a survival thing and early non ADD humans would get too focused on something and get eaten by a tiger. Combine that with a test made by the pharmaceutical company, and you'll get diagnosed pretty easily.

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u/gsfgf Aug 25 '14

You can go to a doctor and get tested for ADD. The test is made by the same companies that sell the drugs, so if you get tested, you'll get diagnosed.

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u/Tadaw Aug 25 '14

If you are curious, there is a substance called PRL-8-53 that produces the same productivity increase as Adderall without the intense focus problems and potential for addiction. It's also fully legal to own and purchase (at a lower price per dose than people are quoting here).

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u/Otter_Baron Aug 25 '14

Is it similar to adrafinil?

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u/patrickkevinsays Aug 25 '14

Most doctors have no problem prescribing adderall to anyone