Celebrity Justice
ADD Is What Ails Paris

Paris HiltonTMZ has learned that Paris Hilton suffers from extreme Attention Deficit Disorder (ADD) and claustrophobia, and these conditions may have triggered the Sheriff's decision to spring her from Lynwood Jail last week.

We're told Hilton is taking Adderall for her ADD. Although our sources were not specific, we're told Hilton was not receiving all of her medications at Lynwood. As a result, Hilton was having severe panic attacks in jail. There were times she was so debilitated, she could not push the panic button in her cell.

As for how she's doing today, she's depressed but not really crying. She has a pencil and a pad of paper and she's spending her time writing down her thoughts. We're also told she's losing weight -- although she's no Nicole Richie.

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436. To outraged = the post about her son having ADD and no one paid attention. Call Gloria Allred - that's another lawsuit. Discrimination - Preferential treatment. Every inmate who was treated differently should sue.

Posted at 12:40PM on Jun 12th 2007 by Carol

437. Do all the inmates with ADD get that anphetamine she's recieving???? I think not.

Posted at 12:56PM on Jun 12th 2007 by 4Justice

438. Why can't she take her ADD uppers in a regular cell?

Posted at 12:58PM on Jun 12th 2007 by 4Justice

439. Ok, this is freakin absurd!!! First of all, I have adult ADD (actually it's called ADHD, ADD is an outdated term) and I take meds, too. You don't go crzy if you're off them. Paris is going crazy she's a rich, spoiled gril who has been sheltered her whole life. I'm not blaming her for that...she's a product of her environment, but it's NOT EXCUSE for behaving like she has and no excuse as to why the law should not pertain to her. And just another fact about ADHD - many alcoholics, drug addicts, criminals, etc. have ADHD. Should we let them all out early cuz they can't cope with prison. If you don't want to deal with the possiblity of having to go to prison DON'T GO OUT AND GET ALL SMACKED UP AND THEN DRIVE...AND GET CAUGHT NUMEROUS TIMES!!!! This latest crap using ADD and anxiety is just going to make it harder for the rest of us who suffer from these conditions because it's going to look like a joke now. It's really a sad statement about our so-called justice system when spoiled brats getting treated with kid gloves but any common person would never be treated that way. I'm not even going to get into race or class, but NOONE would be treated like her unless they were rich and famous. It really shows that the only thing in this country that matters is money cuz Paris SURE doens't contribute in any way to the benefit of this society. UGH!!!

Posted at 1:20PM on Jun 12th 2007 by D in JC, NJ

440. Post 370 Orville...

Are you serious, Paris, a political prisoner...Nelson Mandela was a political prisoner, POW's of all wars are political prisoners...Paris is a stupid stupid 26 year old woman that broke the law and is paying her price, double because she broke her probation terms twice...makes sense to me

Posted at 1:20PM on Jun 12th 2007 by Just An Observer

441. to 435... D in JC NJ

EXACTLY correct..!!!

Posted at 1:34PM on Jun 12th 2007 by Wake UP Paris

442. How many are willing to bet this 'ADD' will disappear when she is relaeased from the hoosecow? She is nothing but a F-A-K-E-R and W-H-I-N-E-R!!! She does not seem to have any health issues when it comes to partying...

Posted at 1:36PM on Jun 12th 2007 by DK

443. She's going to be having a blast (literally) in jail if she's got access to her meth... I mean adderall. Never a boring night on that stuff...

Posted at 2:06PM on Jun 12th 2007 by BKT

444. Anyone who knows anyone who has been out and about in L.A. knows that Paris Hilton abuses cocaine. Sounds like she is also abusing the stimulant Adderall, easy for someone really into cocaine who is prescribed adderall to do, and she was experiencing WITHDRAWAL in prison because she has a drug problem, in addition to her issues with alchohol which got her in this mess to begin. Seems that she has serious substance abuse problems, but her money is protecting her from truly facing herself. This is what it seems like to me.

Posted at 2:07PM on Jun 12th 2007 by Joe

445. DONT MAKE FUN OF PEOPLE WITH ADD!!! ADD IS VERY SERIOUS AND SHOULD NOT BE TAKEN LIGHTLY. THERE ARE PEOPLE IN JAIL WHO ARE WRITING A THESIS OR DOING VERY IMPORTANT SCIENTIFIC RESEARCH AND IT IS VERY HARD FOR THEM TO CONCENTRATE! PARIS HILTON HAS A VERY DEBILITATING DISEASE AND I HEAR SHE ALSO SUFFERS FROM ACID REFLUX!!

Posted at 2:25PM on Jun 12th 2007 by ap

446. My son takes this drug for concentration in school. I hardly think he would be put in a separate ward if he were thrown in the slammer. Besides, she was supposed to
fess up to all the meds she takes when she went in. She planned this melt down
so she would be moved.

Posted at 2:27PM on Jun 12th 2007 by whatever you say

447. What a freakin' joke-anyone abusing adderall is going to have panic attacks-simple fact when one uses an amphetimine-and an intelligent doctor would not typically prescribe adderall for a patient who suffers from a panic disorder especially one in which is supposedly as dibilitating as hers boo who I am so so sad that she wasn't gettin her drugs - a family member of mine whom is actually trying to clean up their act and is in the Methadone program (also had an addiction to Adderall-BTW there is no physical withdrawl from Adderall OR Cocaine-Ive been to rehab too-you do not get detoxed if those are the drugs you are there for-as there is only a psycological withdrawl) anyways my family member who was obtaining methadone legally was not even given his meds he was in for over 7 days merely for driving on a suspended lisc. (NOT due to driving while under the influence only due to driving and getting pulled over and ticketed for driving while suspended as he never renewed his lisc. not a big deal and he was in longer then her (so far) and was extremely ill from not recvin' his methadone-never even got to see the doctor there despite the severe phsical withdrawls.. and I am supposed to feel bad for this bi*ch?! What a joke...

Posted at 2:37PM on Jun 12th 2007 by J

448. i take adderral on a consistent basis UNLESS i am sick, injured etc. because adderral helps me focus on a task. I would not want to take adderral if I were in jail because it makes you want to be productive and do stuff. there is nothing to do in jail. 443 is absolutely correct this was orchestrated way ahead of time . my MD did tell me they do not allow adderral or benzos like xanax and valium in jail. I live in LA and my MD is familiar with the LA jail system, he said this is not a new issue, he treats many people with the same problem of not being able to take certain meds in jail because they trade them to the other prisoners and even the guards!!

Posted at 2:33PM on Jun 12th 2007 by ap

449. ADD AND PANIC ATTACKS SHOULD NOT SPRING PARIS! IF YOU DO IT FOR HER, DO IT FOR EVERYONE! Sheriff Baca is a joke. I hope he loses his job.

Posted at 2:52PM on Jun 12th 2007 by CALLMEJULS

450. Thanks for that info 444.

So it looks like they wouldn't allow her adderall in the regular prison initially and, ofcourse, not her cocaine, so she went through major withdrawal and blamed it on not having the prescription version of her crack. So she got moved to a special medical ward that would keep her drugged.

Don't get me wrong. I know that A.D.D. is real, and some people actually use their meds as prescribed. This clearly isn't the case with Paris, who also drinks and does cocaine, even if she actually DOES have A.D.D. People who have A.D.D. AND addiction issues need to treat their symptoms in other ways, with non addictive drugs and behavior modification.

If she were JUST using Adderoll (and not cocaine) as someone with A.D.D. would actually be prescribed it, she wouldn't have had the extreme withdrawals she had.

Posted at 3:28PM on Jun 12th 2007 by Joe

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