Mental Illness meds

ReconToaster wrote:

PiEdude wrote:I have ADD...

Yeah, and so does every other kid in any industrialized nation of the 21st century. I shall cite a quote from the great Nolan Bushnell, founder of Atari:

“Many kids with (attention deficit disorder) have been misdiagnosed, they're actually bored with teachers, as most won't even blink at concentrating on video games for hours,”

ADD is not a condition, it's human nature. We are a bored people.

You sun of a bitch.

I actually have a fucking condition.
I sit in Math class, and I can't fucking focus.
I swear to God, no matter what I do, I just can't concentrate on it.
It's not how you think it is, I can't just start listening and I get it.
I actually can't pay attention.
I try to listen, I try to watch, but my mind just wanders.
Yes, I'm bored in the class, but even when I'm bored with something I can try and focus, but I usually can't.
So don't you tell me I don't have a condition when you don't, and just assume I'm wrong, the doctor's wrong, and it's something else.
I stopped using these drugs years ago, and my concentration has plumeted.

Yeah...

Don't suffer from any kind of ADD. To me, it's got a stigma attached to it. I don't hold it against people who have it (I hold their actions against them) but if I had it, I would not be a pleasant person to be around.

I do suffer from depression and mild OCD, and I take a little medication for that. I get thinking about a problem, and I can't help but focus all my attention on how something or someone is WRONG, and this goes on for days until I crash.