Are there any medications or supplements that could potentially help suceed in college?
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My fiance and I have found that eating healthy foods before class helps us stay alert. When we eat fast food like McDonald's, we feel sleepy. There are Omega vitamins that are helpful for memory retention as well. If you need a pick me up try Ginseng vitamins. They keep you alert and energized. I would take them at the beginning of the day because they can last quite a while.
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HA!  that's funny.  Dude, your in for a big surprise.\n\nFor a real eye opener, talk to your college guidance counselors.
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IMO medication is the only this that is going to help. I have this too and meds helped me quite a bit. Good Luck!
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I had a friend in college with that problem. She went to a doctor who put her on hormone therapy to get things going. That's the only problem--a hormone imbalance.
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some pills the doctor gives you might help. Please go the doctor.
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Any particular drug? Illegal drugs? Over the counter medications? Prescription drugs?\n\nHelp us help you here!
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I actually felt the same way. The best first step you can take before you do anything drastic like dropping out or withdrawing is to go in and talk to a counselor. Your college probably has a CAPS (Counselling & Psychological Services) center, where you can meet with a counselor who has helped many people with problems similar to yours! Do not lose hope...when you are depressed, things usually seem worse then they really are. Take this first step and see what your options are, and maybe you will be able to find some solutions to your depression. I made this choice and it has helped me immensely.
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Let me ask you this, are you going to local college? Can you get a dorm? Alot of schools have programs w/ $$ assistance where you can get a dorm room too. I would def. look into removing yourself from the sittuation b/c then you could be better able to help them clean up their lives. If they are supporting you $$ you may need to gather up some family and friends and do some type of intervention. Know that thay will resent you for a while, but I'm sure the drugs&drinking are contributing to how they treat you. There are some great family couselors out there and many progs. to which your family would benefit. Things will prob. get worse b/f they get better, but hang in there.
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there is a few medical treatment to your condition that is mainly treated surgically but you can try drugs containing :\n\n1-impipramine\n2-phenylephrine\n3-ephedrine\n\nthey are the best and will make you improve a lot
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Good Way to Concentrate is Put your self in a Study Enviroment Such as a libary i hear penut butter helps too or i heard of some kid wanting to cram for an exam so he got some adderall and he said it helped
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College...Do you mean community college? I think you can take general classes from community colleges and make sure they are transferable to Princeton, which I doubt.\nThere are good universities with great Psychiatry programs, like Stanford.
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Help for the Stressed\nhttp://www.geocities.com/Athens/Forum/8424/college.html\n\n\n.
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if you dont want to take meds the next best thing is exercise.  it clears the mind and promotes a good self image.  also seeking a higher being, prayer, meditation is helpful.
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Try Googling it! There may be a program at your university to help provide birth control
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Go running. Build up to do 30 minutes of jogging, at least 3 times a week. 30 minutes at a time is not much, it can easily fit into your schedule, and will leave you with more energy and concentration for your studies.\n\nYou can tone up the muscles in your stomach and butt with sit ups and squats - start with blasts of 10 sit ups, rest for 30 seconds, 10 more, 30 seconds, then last ten. As these get easier, increase the numbers of repetitions, and decrease the rest time. do pretty much the same for squats.\n\nhowever, exercising those points will not cause you to loose flab from them - only cardiovasculour exercise will do that, and running is about the best one there is.\n\nand the old adage that college life does not allow for a normal schedule - i did a degree, and have worked as a hall manager/warden/don living on campus for the last few years, and beleive me it does allow for a normal schedule with a bit of planning. if you get up at 7 every morning, have a decent breakfast (porridge or oatbran is great), and get ready for the day, you'll find the schedule easily sliding into place - even if you don't have any classes in the morning, you can spend this time studying or exercising, and leave your evenings free for socialising.
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I'm a freshman in college, and I'm really not used to studying (never had to before.) A nice invention would be something that could copy things from a book and paste it into your memory -- short or long term. That would be a big help.
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I can't answer the herb question by may I recommend Strattera if he hasn't tried it.  My 14-year old is on the honor role, goes to bed on time, has several close friends and eats normally.\n\nPrior to 6th grade he was on stimulant types like Adderall, Ritalin and others that supressed apetite and made him scrawny and unhealty looking. They also made him moody and he fought taking them. Thanks to Strattera he has a great shot at college and a normal life.  I have no affiliation with whatever company makes it, it just has worked wonders for my son.\n\nIf you'd like to chatt offline I'd be happy to.