Take Your Pills (2018)

Directed by

Alison Klayman

Genre

documentary film

Country

United States

Runtime

1h 27m

Rated

PG-13

Rating

6.5 of 10 from 146 voters

Elsewhere

IMDb

How it feels

This documentary interviews college students and working adults about their use of Adderall and other stimulant medications. It looks at both the benefits and downsides of these drugs.

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What happens

Take Your Pills is an hour-long American documentary from 2018, directed by Alison Klayman and produced by Motto Pictures and Netflix Studios. The documentary explores the positives and negatives of taking psychostimulant medications such as Adderall. The film is a series of interviews with college students and working adults who are prescribed stimulants for attention deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD), along with parents who touch on the difficulties of raising children with ADHD and interviews with professionals commenting on the use of stimulants. Those interviewed include former player for the NFL's Jacksonville Jaguars Eben Britton, and neuroscientist Anjan Chatterjee. The film's executive producers were Maria Shriver and Christina Schwarzenegger; its world premiere was at the SXSW film festival in 2018. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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