ADHD medications in shortage due to heavy-handed DEA rules

Sweet Lou 4 2 · Nov 5, 2023

leroy said: ↑

Lucky for you that you don’t have to deal with it. Not sure putting those of us that legitimately have issues with it down is the right tact. It’s not as simple as just sitting still. So maybe don’t be a d*** about it.

I was diagnosed in college and really wish I would have been earlier. The immediate effect it had for me was incredible. I was incapable of reading more than a couple of sentences AND retaining the information at a time. My note taking was an incomprehensible mess of words and doodles. Through my first 2 years of college, I had roughly a 1.0 gpa and had been academically suspended twice. Then I was diagnosed and began taking Ritalin. I essentially had to retake my first 2 years and graduates 4 years later with a 3.0. I don’t take anything anymore now that I’m well into my 40’s. But I still struggle with it. I end up working later than necessary because I couldn’t focus enough during the day. I skip from thing to thing, until I can stop myself and make sure I finish what I started. When you have the job I have, I have the luxury of not being constrained by standard hours. Being in school, you don’t.

My youngest son luckily was diagnosed much earlier because I recognized all of the signs. It changed his outlook on school and his ability to learn.
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You're misunderstanding what I am writing. I have adhd. Got kicked out of elementary school. There was no screen for it back then. There was no drug. I was just poorly behaved. Is it hard for me to operate in a corporate world? Yes. Do I take drugs for that. No. Because I don't see it as a disease - too many people have it for it to be a disease or "condition" - it's only a condition because of our modern society.

My point is isn't that your struggles aren't real or you shouldn't get treatment. My point is that it's not you who has issue but rather modern society.

Sweet Lou 4 2 · Nov 5, 2023

Space Ghost said: ↑

There are people who do have disorders related to this subject.

Countless studies show screen addiction have a significant impact on attention. Cutting back on screen time and half an hour day of focused meditation goes a long ways.

These days I really struggle with sitting through a 2 hour movie.
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I did not have screens growing up - nor did my parents allow me to watch television on school nights even unless it was all together as a family.

Yet I had ADHD. It's not a "disorder" that manifests itself because of screen time or whatever but rather a "disorder" only because humans were never designed to sit in a classroom for 8 hours a day.

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