I think that people with ADD are not really well understood by the medical world.  I think that this is just a personality trait rather than something that needs to be fixed.  Teachers did not know how to teach me as a child. I should not be drugged up with pills as a fix.   Our brains are not a simple chemical equation that can be balanced with a drug.  They are far more complicated than that.

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but World War IV will be fought with sticks and stones

I have recently been diagnosed with ADD, and apparently I'd had it all my life but my parents thought it was just my personality, so I never took any medication for it.

I'm not taking any for it now, either. I don't feel I need to.

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At a young age I was diagnosed with ADHD inattentive. Basically I zone out all the time. I am really spacey and I seem out of it all the time.

I think that people with ADD are not really well understood by the medical world. I think that this is just a personality trait rather than something that needs to be fixed. Teachers did not know how to teach me as a child. I should not be drugged up with pills as a fix. Our brains are not a simple chemical equation that can be balanced with a drug. They are far more complicated than that.

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Now, I will say that ADHD is severely over-diagnosed, and of those that do actually have it, I'd guess many are on the wrong kind of medication. It took me many, many years to find my current medication - previous ones either worked poorly, or did not have the proper effect / side-effects.

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I don't think the meds make me a different person. I think they allow me to perform to my full potential at school and work.

At the moment I'm on Strattera and it doesn't seem to be working yet but when I was on Ritalin I was so much more capable in so many different areas of life and that made me a more confident person.

I've lost that now but I'm trying to get it back.

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I disagree. I have ADHD-inattentive, too but I don't see it as part of who I am. I see it as an affliction not a personality trait. When I'm on meds I'm not a lazy, disorganized, useless person. I don't feel so stupid because I don't make forgetful mistakes all the time and I don't have as much trouble learning or problem-solving.

I don't think the meds make me a different person. I think they allow me to perform to my full potential at school and work.

At the moment I'm on Strattera and it doesn't seem to be working yet but when I was on Ritalin I was so much more capable in so many different areas of life and that made me a more confident person.  

I've lost that now but I'm trying to get it back.

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Hey, if I can do it, you can too. I think you're better then this.  

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Shocking me right down to my soul
I know you see me
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But let me ask you this....

Who has the right to state what is right and wrong in the world?

Who says that 2+2 has to be 4?

People are quick to label themselves or other people for having some sort of "disorder" simply because they don't "fit in"

But fit into what exactly?

A world full of war, hatred, greed, selfishness & propaganda?

You zone out, because thats who you are, you daydream, because thats apart of you....

You're not hyperactive..... everybody else is lazy...

See where i'm going with this?

There is no right or wrong!

"Everything" means "nothing"..... because we all perceive things differently.

Your idea of a perfect world isnt the same as someone elses idea of a perfect world.

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People often talk about people with ADHD not knowing whats right from wrong.

I know plenty of people that have been diagnosed with it, and whether they're on or off medication, they're perfectly normal. Generally, their social intelligence is a bit low, but otherwise they're perfectly average.

But let me ask you this....

Who has the right to state what is right and wrong in the world?

Who says that 2+2 has to be 4?

People are quick to label themselves or other people for having some sort of "disorder" simply because they don't "fit in"

But fit into what exactly?

A world full of war, hatred, greed, selfishness & propaganda?

You zone out, because thats who you are, you daydream, because thats apart of you....

You're not hyperactive..... everybody else is lazy...

See where i'm going with this?

There is no right or wrong!

"Everything" means "nothing"..... because we all perceive things differently.

Your idea of a perfect world isnt the same as someone elses idea of a perfect world.

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~Maggot