--- ---  # Simone Biles Says Her ADHD Medication Is 'Nothing to Be Ashamed Of' by [Sarah Begley](https://time.com/author/sarah-begley/) ## Sarah Begley Sep 14, 2016 1:03 AM UTC  Simone Biles of the United States competes during the Women's Individual All Around Final on Day 6 of the 2016 Rio Olympics at Rio Olympic Arena on August 11, 2016 in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. Simone Biles of the United States competes during the Women's Individual All Around Final on Day 6 of the 2016 Rio Olympics at Rio Olympic Arena on August 11, 2016 in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil.Dmitriy Korotaev—Kommersant / Getty Images by [Sarah Begley](https://time.com/author/sarah-begley/) ## Sarah Begley Sep 14, 2016 1:03 AM UTC Olympic gold medalist [Simone Biles](http://motto.time.com/4489198/simone-biles-aly-raisman-boys/) was among the athletes whose medical records were [hacked and released](http://time.com/4490432/russian-hackers-athlete-medical-record-simone-biles/), and the World Anti-Doping Agency’s documents revealed that the athlete was approved to take a drug that is typically prohibited, but did not say what that drug was. USA Gymnastics released a statement reassuring the public that Biles had followed the correct protocol, and Biles posted her own statements on [Twitter](https://twitter.com/Simone%5FBiles/status/775783400808583169?ref%5Fsrc=twsrc%5Etfw) explaining the situation. “I have ADHD and have taken medicine for it since I was a kid,” Biles wrote. “Please know, I believe in clean sport, have always followed the rules, and will continue to do so as fair play is critical to sport and is very important to me.” In a follow-up [tweet](https://twitter.com/Simone%5FBiles/status/775785767855611905?ref%5Fsrc=twsrc%5Etfw), Biles wrote, “Having ADHD, and taking medicine for it is nothing to be ashamed of nothing that I’m afraid to let people know.” Simone Biles: ADHD Medication Is Nothing to Be Ashamed Of ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"NewsArticle","@id":"https://time.com/4490680/simone-biles-adhd-medication/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/4490680/simone-biles-adhd-medication/"},"headline":"Simone Biles Says Her ADHD Medication Is 'Nothing to Be Ashamed Of'","datePublished":"2016-09-14T01:03:13.000Z","dateModified":"2026-04-13T09:03:22.587Z","description":"It's 'nothing that I'm afraid to let people know,' the Olympian said","url":"https://time.com/4490680/simone-biles-adhd-medication/","keywords":["motto","Sports"],"thumbnailUrl":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blta3a3b06587c05986/6988a5e85f570f716ab2282c/simone-biles.jpeg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","author":[{"@type":"Person","name":"Sarah Begley","jobTitle":null,"url":"https://time.com/author/sarah-begley/"}],"articleSection":"","image":[{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blta3a3b06587c05986/6988a5e85f570f716ab2282c/simone-biles.jpeg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","width":1200,"height":675,"headline":"The Rio 2016 Olympic Games","caption":"The Rio 2016 Olympic Games","creditText":"Dmitriy Korotaev—Kommersant / Getty Images","representativeOfPage":true}],"publisher":{"@type":"Organization","name":"Time","url":"https://time.com/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://time.com/images/logo.png","width":528,"height":156},"foundingDate":"March 3, 1923","sameAs":["https://www.facebook.com/time","https://www.instagram.com/time/?hl=en","https://twitter.com/time","https://www.pinterest.com/timemagazine"]}},{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"BreadcrumbList","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"item":{"@id":"/tag/motto/","name":"motto"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"item":{"@id":"https://time.com/4490680/simone-biles-adhd-medication/","name":"Simone Biles Says Her ADHD Medication Is 'Nothing to Be Ashamed Of'"}}]}] ```