The Cure for ADHD
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tarabostes (04/25/2015) [-] 
Not sure if i'd want south park naruto, imagine... FILLERS, EVERYWHERE!!!!
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zeldamasterace (04/24/2015) [-] so this is a shot in the dark for anybody to try to answer
but a long time ago i remember seeing a clip of this asian style movie set in a school.
people have like superpowers? and substitute teachers or whoever come in and try to get the classes to settle down. there's this one scene in particular where a student is doing something and one of the substitute teachers or whoever throws a piece of chalk at the student using chakra or some **** and it hits him and sends him flying backwards.
anybody have any idea of what i'm talking about? it's been one of those things i've always tried to remember but couldn't. cuteasiangirls gif kinda reminded me of it is all.
but a long time ago i remember seeing a clip of this asian style movie set in a school.
people have like superpowers? and substitute teachers or whoever come in and try to get the classes to settle down. there's this one scene in particular where a student is doing something and one of the substitute teachers or whoever throws a piece of chalk at the student using chakra or some **** and it hits him and sends him flying backwards.
anybody have any idea of what i'm talking about? it's been one of those things i've always tried to remember but couldn't. cuteasiangirls gif kinda reminded me of it is all.
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zeldamasterace (04/25/2015) [-] this is cool! but it's not what i was trying to remember...
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zeldamasterace (04/25/2015) [-] nah i've seen battle royal, and the scene i'm thinking of isn't from it...
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zeldamasterace (04/25/2015) [-] yea...i didn't know that...poo. itll pry be awhile before i ever find what i was looking for
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comradewinter (04/24/2015) [-]
That almost sounds like the Tommy Lee-Jones Commercials for Black Boss
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zeldamasterace (04/24/2015) [-] close but i dont think that was what i was thinking of...
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thepizzadevourer (04/25/2015) [-] As someone who was spanked as a kid . . .
it doesn't.
it doesn't.
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shannonrw (04/24/2015) [-] I've always been an ADHD kid, always hyper, couldn't pay attention unless it was one on one learning, and even then I couldn't focus sometimes. Now as a college student I'm prescribed adderall but honestly, sometimes I wonder if it's not ADHD that makes me unmotivated and unable to focus, but rather a lifetime of ****** diet. I have a fast metabolism so I've eaten mostly junk food and fast food my whole life since I couldn't gain weight, and I still do. I've read that a diet like mine can result in lack of concentration and being lethargic, so sometimes I wonder if maybe I've gone my whole life thinking I had ADHD when in reality I'm just unhealthy as **** .
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xxmarkusxx (04/25/2015) [-] Dude, you unknowingly hit the nail on the head. Society likes to make labels for "Mental health issues" like ADHD, because then you can prescribe a pill, which is much easier than being healthy. Then they get more unhealthy so they make more labels and prescribe more pills. Honestly most "mental health issues" are just excuses. I was diagnosed with major depression. Started eating right, sleeping properly, and exercising daily, and boom it was gone.
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xxmarkusxx (04/25/2015) [-] I did it without the ANTI-DEPRESSANTS. Jesus ******* Christ.
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tarabostes (04/25/2015) [-] You should try eating bats!
i know it's "sharon" but i could not help it....
i know it's "sharon" but i could not help it....
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civilizedwasteland (04/25/2015) [-] Do a study on diets and concentration
Publish it
???
Somewhat profit
Publish it
???
Somewhat profit
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coronus (04/24/2015) [-] Perhaps, but the fact that you did much better one on one is rather telling, diagnostically.
You see, there's a small node in the hind brain responsible for releasing norepinephrin when you're focused on something and attempting to concentrate. In a normal person, the node releases its neurotransmitters in rhythmic bursts, shifting to a single sustained release when you hone in on something.
With ADHD, and a few other neurological disorders, there is no rythm. Just full gate norepinephrine release. This means that the more there is in your environment to capture your attention, the more fragmented your attention becomes.
You see, there's a small node in the hind brain responsible for releasing norepinephrin when you're focused on something and attempting to concentrate. In a normal person, the node releases its neurotransmitters in rhythmic bursts, shifting to a single sustained release when you hone in on something.
With ADHD, and a few other neurological disorders, there is no rythm. Just full gate norepinephrine release. This means that the more there is in your environment to capture your attention, the more fragmented your attention becomes.
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charagrin (04/24/2015) [-] I will be hated, but this is fairly accurate. Hyperactivity does exist, absolutely, but ADHD is the only "disease" where you only need to show a few symptoms to be diagnosed with it. Why can't a hyper kid just be a hyper kid? Not saying all hyper kids deserve to be disciplined, but branding every kid who doesn't like to sit down and do schoolwork(a kid who doesn't want to sit in a classroom and read a textbook or do math, SHOCKING) with a disease and medicating them for it can't be the answer either.
Guess what I am saying is the people who profit from the medical issue shouldn't be in charge of making the medicine or diagnosing.
Guess what I am saying is the people who profit from the medical issue shouldn't be in charge of making the medicine or diagnosing.
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gragasvlad (04/25/2015) [-] According to the base for whats required for ADHD nowdays I would have been diagnosed when I started school.... and I am pretty sure I don't have it because I can easily sit down and focus.
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crimsontyyde (04/25/2015) [-] Yeah, as someone who legitimately has ADHD, where it affects me as a person, when I saw how some people were diagnosed with it it bloody confused me, my ADHD is a big reaosn I ended up having to get a GED and I have trouble actually completing tasks; I just cannot keep focused, although my antidepressants helped with that a bit - - there's a clear difference between people with ADHD and people who are just hyper.
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chronicliar (04/24/2015) [-] "I will be hated for this, but im going to say something that every one agrees with."
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justanordinarydude (04/24/2015) [-] **justanordinarydude used "*roll picture*"**
**justanordinarydude rolled image** Back in elementary school I was put in all the 'tard' classes, the ones filled with the kids who actually had severe problems (one of the kids would scream gibberish every three seconds and got violent when you told him to stop). They put me in the classes because I get distracted too easily and didn't have great penmanship. I was in those classes until middle school. Didn't learn a goddamn thing. My first year of the seventh grade was rough as well, they labeled me as stupid and put me in the lowest level classes. I also had to see the school psychologist at least once a day. It sucked. But once I hit high-school, things changed. I got presidents list every semester and eventually became my grade's valedictorian. The american public school system is complete **** (I haven't been in highschool in ten years so maybe somethings changed). I guess what I'm trying to say is being labeled sucks (inb4 special snowflake).
**justanordinarydude rolled image** Back in elementary school I was put in all the 'tard' classes, the ones filled with the kids who actually had severe problems (one of the kids would scream gibberish every three seconds and got violent when you told him to stop). They put me in the classes because I get distracted too easily and didn't have great penmanship. I was in those classes until middle school. Didn't learn a goddamn thing. My first year of the seventh grade was rough as well, they labeled me as stupid and put me in the lowest level classes. I also had to see the school psychologist at least once a day. It sucked. But once I hit high-school, things changed. I got presidents list every semester and eventually became my grade's valedictorian. The american public school system is complete **** (I haven't been in highschool in ten years so maybe somethings changed). I guess what I'm trying to say is being labeled sucks (inb4 special snowflake).
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donatelo ONLINE (04/26/2015) [-] you know whats weird? just by reading your story i related it a ******* to my own life that i hadmt before......in middle school i was put in remedial courses for practically every subject...this kind of continued into highschool since i went in with the mentality that i was less mentally able than the rest f my classmates. I ended up getting into a better university than any of my classmates.
i majord in psychology because there are a few mental disorders in my family. from then on i was able to diagnose my family members or strangers as well as myself (not saying im special, anyone in my major can do it just as well as i can), i started having a feeling that i had add, and still do...your story makes me think reflect on my childhood and makes me more strongly believe that i atually did have it.
i majord in psychology because there are a few mental disorders in my family. from then on i was able to diagnose my family members or strangers as well as myself (not saying im special, anyone in my major can do it just as well as i can), i started having a feeling that i had add, and still do...your story makes me think reflect on my childhood and makes me more strongly believe that i atually did have it.
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incoming (04/25/2015) [-] I had the same sort of thing but I also had some anger problems. Main difference was that I wasn't put in with actual retards just borderline one's and even while that was going on I was going through testing for having something like a 7th or 8th grader's vocabulary in 3rd grade.
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velociraptorein (04/24/2015) [-] Mine got so bad that they the only way the school saw fit to handle it was to medicate me and give me an IEP and put me with the retarded kids. I eventually stopped all of my medication regardless of what the adults in charge of my life at the time said and started self medicating with caffeine and it fixed pretty much all of my focusing issues. I also disregarded said IEP because i thought it was ******** quick fix to a simple problem. IEP means individual education program. It follows you to college
I have to agree that it was over diagnosed as i was lumped with all those kids that got diagnosed with it in the early 90's. **** sucked yo.
I have to agree that it was over diagnosed as i was lumped with all those kids that got diagnosed with it in the early 90's. **** sucked yo.
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zanntaggerung (04/25/2015) [-]
IEP's follow you to college? That must vary from place to place because I haven't heard a thing about my IEP since I got out of high school.
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velociraptorein (04/25/2015) [-] In southern California they do. Or at least that's what i was told in the early 2000's. IF you choose to do so, You can use it in certain colleges.
Also, Not sure why someone down thumbed you.
Also, Not sure why someone down thumbed you.
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donatelo ONLINE (04/24/2015) [-] ************ . things like this try to make it seem that prevelance rates are like 50% pf the population....its just that its EASIER to diagnose now than it was back then. ADHD is not that serious anyway, the majority of those diagnosed with it during childhood grow out of it by the time they hit adulthood.
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bluenebula (04/25/2015) [-] First of all, he's right.
Secondly, I hope that surgery turns out well for you. If the doctors are good enough, they should be able to remove your head from your ass with little to no complications.
Secondly, I hope that surgery turns out well for you. If the doctors are good enough, they should be able to remove your head from your ass with little to no complications.
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anon (04/25/2015) [-]
Well, I'm just going to put in my experience for the sake of it. When I was younger, at the insistence of the school, I was put through several different psychologists in order to try to force a positive test on ADHD. You see, at the time I was in a horrible situation. My mother has bipolar and she was getting divorced from my father so she herself was rather temperamental, I myself had dyspraxia, buck teeth and overactive saliva glands so I didn't really fit in anywhere. I was a target for bullying by other students and when I tried to do something about it, the teacher took the majority, who typically sided with those causing me harm either out of fear of becoming the target or out of simple conformism amongst the majority. As such my behavior was not the best and it was worsened by the blame for incidents which I was ultimately the victim for being passed onto me. As such, the principle forced the issue to have them attempt to diagnose me with ADHD, which isn't all too surprising considerring that he probably didn't know anything about my family circumstances and believed what other staff had told him.
But back on topic. Each test showed up negative on the symptoms of the disorder, as this was pushed again and again, each time the school recommending me to different psychologists to be diagnosed. Eventually the principle had decided to have the psychologist come into the school so as to force the issue. This, by the way, was done without my father's consent and with that of my mother, who had hoped to use him as a character witness if I recall correctly, in order to push for full time custody over me. After going through the testing, most likely with the principle's own hand in the pocket of the psychologist, the test was given a positive and throughout the next two years at that school I had a teacher's aide following me wherever I went.
Just to note my father refused to give me the medication due to the circumstances of the testing and I only saw my mother on weekends, during which she had never given me any pills either. I note this because it feels important to explain what happened there after and my mind set at the time.
I became increasingly isolated and stressed and increasingly bitter about being treated as I was. Children could no longer bully me when I was outside in the open so they took to doing it discretely, stealing my stuff when I went to the bathroom, throwing things at me when no one was looking... Sport was particularly horrible as they did all manner of things and played them off as "accidents". Along with this my label continued, the staff treated me as though I were a rabid dog which needed caging, I wound up in shared custody and, though custody had been settled, my mother's temperament remained just as prone to change.
I got out of the school in the end, but well... What happened back then still disgusts me and I am still seething over it. I pointed this anecdote out, not to say that this is common, but to say that THIS HAPPENS. I have never been mentally ill in that sense nor will I ever be. I have many things wrong with me, both mentally and physically but ADHD is NOT one of them and has never BEEN one of them.
But back on topic. Each test showed up negative on the symptoms of the disorder, as this was pushed again and again, each time the school recommending me to different psychologists to be diagnosed. Eventually the principle had decided to have the psychologist come into the school so as to force the issue. This, by the way, was done without my father's consent and with that of my mother, who had hoped to use him as a character witness if I recall correctly, in order to push for full time custody over me. After going through the testing, most likely with the principle's own hand in the pocket of the psychologist, the test was given a positive and throughout the next two years at that school I had a teacher's aide following me wherever I went.
Just to note my father refused to give me the medication due to the circumstances of the testing and I only saw my mother on weekends, during which she had never given me any pills either. I note this because it feels important to explain what happened there after and my mind set at the time.
I became increasingly isolated and stressed and increasingly bitter about being treated as I was. Children could no longer bully me when I was outside in the open so they took to doing it discretely, stealing my stuff when I went to the bathroom, throwing things at me when no one was looking... Sport was particularly horrible as they did all manner of things and played them off as "accidents". Along with this my label continued, the staff treated me as though I were a rabid dog which needed caging, I wound up in shared custody and, though custody had been settled, my mother's temperament remained just as prone to change.
I got out of the school in the end, but well... What happened back then still disgusts me and I am still seething over it. I pointed this anecdote out, not to say that this is common, but to say that THIS HAPPENS. I have never been mentally ill in that sense nor will I ever be. I have many things wrong with me, both mentally and physically but ADHD is NOT one of them and has never BEEN one of them.
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anon (04/24/2015) [-] I was diagnoosed with ADHD when I was young but later just became "hyper"
My GF though has it.. and it torments her now in University..
I swear when she has to do exams and doo homework she often gets soo stressed because she has to focus that after the exam she gets sick for days..
She has to struggle with this everyday. And her family are so thankful that I support her cause she's so unhappy having to struggle what she wants to do so badly while the rest of the school does it with ease
But yeah... ADHD is a myth amiright?
My GF though has it.. and it torments her now in University..
I swear when she has to do exams and doo homework she often gets soo stressed because she has to focus that after the exam she gets sick for days..
She has to struggle with this everyday. And her family are so thankful that I support her cause she's so unhappy having to struggle what she wants to do so badly while the rest of the school does it with ease
But yeah... ADHD is a myth amiright?
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bulwark (04/24/2015) [-] I'm diagnosed with ADD, but I only got the diagnose last year. However, thinking back, I never fit in properly in school. Now, it wasn't like I was jumping around on chairs. I would just be staring out the window and not pay attention.
As an adult with ADD... all I have to say is **** . ADD as a kid was so much easier to handle. The internal stress and general discomfort I experience on a daily basis due to my ADD is devastating as **** .
As an example, I can spend an entire day just playing video games and not do **** , but at the end of the day I am just as exhausted and stressed as someone who has a 9 to 5 job.
As an adult with ADD... all I have to say is **** . ADD as a kid was so much easier to handle. The internal stress and general discomfort I experience on a daily basis due to my ADD is devastating as **** .
As an example, I can spend an entire day just playing video games and not do **** , but at the end of the day I am just as exhausted and stressed as someone who has a 9 to 5 job.
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anon (04/24/2015) [-] As an adult with ADD and currently study music, I can attest that this thing is real. I play percussion. My professor said he was finally glad in seeing me perform my piece (I finished working the entire piece last week) but he wishes I could've finished it last semester. It took TWO SEMESTERS to focus on ONE piece of music. My studiomates have performed two or even three pieces each semester, and I just finished one in double that time frame.
I didn't even notice it took me a year, I was so scatterbrained on this, that, and anotherthing, that it never occured to me. How in the world is it possible to not finish any one thing?
Pic related.
I didn't even notice it took me a year, I was so scatterbrained on this, that, and anotherthing, that it never occured to me. How in the world is it possible to not finish any one thing?
Pic related.
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hazeleyedstranger (04/24/2015) [-]
Who do you go to in order to get diagnosed? I've always felt like I've had it and just don't know where to turn for help. I just finished University and I had to do it in 5 years instead of 4 because of my learning pace.
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hazeleyedstranger (04/24/2015) [-]
Do you have to be referred to a psychiatrist or can you just choose one out of the phone book or something?
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sphincterface (04/25/2015) [-] You basically hit the nail on the head. For a lot of kids, it's not them having ADHD that makes it so hard for them to focus. It's called being a KID. Kids have energy. They want to go out and run around, they want to have fun. And our school system is not engaging at all and so dull that it is very hard to focus when you have so much energy built up in you!
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anon (04/25/2015) [-]
So much ignorance.
1) Many diseases are diagnosed based on a few symptoms.
2) A hyper kid can just be a hyper kid
3) Nobody is branding every kid who doesn't like to sit down and do schoolwork as ADHD and medicating them.
4) Doctors make the same amount of money from diagnosing ADHD as they do from not diagnosing it. If there's any pressure for doctors to diagnose ADHD, then it's from the parents.
5) ADHD isn't diagnosed based on a "few symptoms"
The diagnostic criteria requires 6+ specific symptoms PLUS the have to be experienced before age 12 PLUS they have to be experienced in more than one setting PLUS they have to hinder social, academic, or occupational functioning PLUS they have to be experienced over the past 6 months or greater PLUS the symptoms can't be explained better by another mental or medical condition.
So basically everything you thought was wrong. If people are suffering from a condition that is easily treated, then we should absolutely treat that condition. People who are treated have much better outcomes as proved by scientific studies. Nobody should be forced to suffer because of your personal unscientific opinion.
1) Many diseases are diagnosed based on a few symptoms.
2) A hyper kid can just be a hyper kid
3) Nobody is branding every kid who doesn't like to sit down and do schoolwork as ADHD and medicating them.
4) Doctors make the same amount of money from diagnosing ADHD as they do from not diagnosing it. If there's any pressure for doctors to diagnose ADHD, then it's from the parents.
5) ADHD isn't diagnosed based on a "few symptoms"
The diagnostic criteria requires 6+ specific symptoms PLUS the have to be experienced before age 12 PLUS they have to be experienced in more than one setting PLUS they have to hinder social, academic, or occupational functioning PLUS they have to be experienced over the past 6 months or greater PLUS the symptoms can't be explained better by another mental or medical condition.
So basically everything you thought was wrong. If people are suffering from a condition that is easily treated, then we should absolutely treat that condition. People who are treated have much better outcomes as proved by scientific studies. Nobody should be forced to suffer because of your personal unscientific opinion.
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bluenebula (04/24/2015) [-] When I was in middle school, about sixth grade, I got in a fight with someone over something. I wasn't exactly a good kid to start with. During the fight, i had taken out mt plastic ruler, twisted it until it snapped, and started jabbing the kid in the chest with the now pointy end. I ended up breaking skin, and he ran off crying to the principle (Not the nurse) that he'd been stabbed. So they put me in a special ed style classroom for the remainder of my time in middle school.
Three years I spent in that autistic ******** . The teachers would always say "You're not here because you're stupid, you're here because you have 'behavioral problems'" That was a load of **** . They treated us all like we had super downs, and because my school was poor, our classes were grouped in with the actual special ed kids as well. So, when sixth grade was over and I moved on to seventh, they kept me in the class and also convinced my father to out me on meds for my 'ADHD'. My ***** for that class could not be lower, so they assumes I had ADHD or something. I had no say in the matter, and the pills started coming the very first week.
I had to take two pills every day, one in the morning,a nd one at lunch. I'd get in trouble if I said no. It lasted all year, all 180 school days. I didn't have to take them at home though, so that was good.
The kicker?
I only took them for the first week. Every day after that, I threw them away the moment the nurse wasn't looking. I must have trashed over 300 pills by the end of that school year. Every day, twice a day, I would sneak it into my pocket and pretend I took it, or throw it away when they weren't looking, or toss it in the sink. A few months into the school year, all the teachers must have gotten together or something to talk about my 'progress', because on the same day, 5/6 of my teachers all said the same thing. "Oh wow, you're doing so much better now that's you're on the meds, they;re working so well!" Seriously it sounded like they were coached. Me? I laughed and laughed and laughed. End of the year, I told the nurse what I did and that I wasn't having any of that **** . She phoned the principle, he phoned my father, they all phoned my doctor, it was a *********** . It was a good week. Eighth grade rolled around? No more drugs. No one brought it up, and no one wanted to talk about it. I felt like a god damn champion for a whole year.
tl;dr **** meds
Three years I spent in that autistic ******** . The teachers would always say "You're not here because you're stupid, you're here because you have 'behavioral problems'" That was a load of **** . They treated us all like we had super downs, and because my school was poor, our classes were grouped in with the actual special ed kids as well. So, when sixth grade was over and I moved on to seventh, they kept me in the class and also convinced my father to out me on meds for my 'ADHD'. My ***** for that class could not be lower, so they assumes I had ADHD or something. I had no say in the matter, and the pills started coming the very first week.
I had to take two pills every day, one in the morning,a nd one at lunch. I'd get in trouble if I said no. It lasted all year, all 180 school days. I didn't have to take them at home though, so that was good.
The kicker?
I only took them for the first week. Every day after that, I threw them away the moment the nurse wasn't looking. I must have trashed over 300 pills by the end of that school year. Every day, twice a day, I would sneak it into my pocket and pretend I took it, or throw it away when they weren't looking, or toss it in the sink. A few months into the school year, all the teachers must have gotten together or something to talk about my 'progress', because on the same day, 5/6 of my teachers all said the same thing. "Oh wow, you're doing so much better now that's you're on the meds, they;re working so well!" Seriously it sounded like they were coached. Me? I laughed and laughed and laughed. End of the year, I told the nurse what I did and that I wasn't having any of that **** . She phoned the principle, he phoned my father, they all phoned my doctor, it was a *********** . It was a good week. Eighth grade rolled around? No more drugs. No one brought it up, and no one wanted to talk about it. I felt like a god damn champion for a whole year.
tl;dr **** meds
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teddybearlove ONLINE (04/25/2015) [-] I saw your picture and all i could think about was... I REALLY HOPE THAT'S IN WALLPAPER SIZE.
I was not disappointed. thank you.
Have another space wallpaper.
I was not disappointed. thank you.
Have another space wallpaper.
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bluenebula (04/25/2015) [-] Now I know what you're thinking. "How many of these does he have?" And the answer is "too many please send help I'm not well"
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teddybearlove ONLINE (04/25/2015) [-] I didn't notice your username. Now that i have i'm scared to know how many you have... And also how long it would take to send them all.
I'm out of space themed wallpapers :'(
I'm out of space themed wallpapers :'(
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bluenebula (04/25/2015) [-] I have 57 of these planet edits. Most were made by me in a fit of extreme autism, but a good number were made by friends as well. I have a few strange edits too, like this one here.
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taniv (04/25/2015) [-] 
You won't get hated for that don't worry, I think most people are on your side and believe there's an over-diagnosis of ADHD and related disorders these days. I hope it's not to do with a privatized medical system, but after watching the attached video I have my doubts and fair share of skepticism.
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iamthetoaster (04/25/2015) [-] This. You shouldn't be trying to give a second grader amphetamines because they don't' like math. as a 19 year old, I can make my own decision on whether or not I should be taking aderal, but a second grader? come on.
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rockerforlife (04/25/2015) [-] Because there's an ideal way to do things, and if that exists outside the medical standard, it's a disease.
As for your comment about ADHD and learning, you might benefit to look up SIr Kenneth Robison's conferences or his TED Talks episode
As for your comment about ADHD and learning, you might benefit to look up SIr Kenneth Robison's conferences or his TED Talks episode
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jordanish (04/25/2015) [-] In America ADD tends to be over diagnosed. Having ADD/ADHD means that your brain waves actually read differently, as well as having the variety of symptoms but most doctors will jsut prescribe ritalin because it's cheaper and they don't have to deal with the side effects (btw, no one has been on ritalin long enough for us to know the long term side effects so it could be doing anything to you)
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raskullquake (04/25/2015) [-] Having ADHD is not only brainwaves pattern changing, its a neurological disease (biologically based, as opposed to psychological problems) and it causes your frontal lobe (the one controlling the executive function of the brain: task managing, patience, some aspects of empathy, caution...) to be connected in a different way than most humans and thus to operate differently.
ADHD children not only have tendency to be hiperactive and easily distracted, they have also some "abilities", the ability to mantain focus in several things at a time, they excel in anything having to do with eye-hand coordination (theyre quite good at sports, games etc...)
Im tired of listening to all of this "ADHD is not real" because it is and its not overdiagnosed, it has a disease rate of 10%, meaning that in a class of 30, 3 kids will probably suffer from it. It is genetical. Also kids with ADHD have really difficult lives, have little to no friends, and tend to fail in everything they try.
Sauce: more than 18 years living with this hell of a problem which has caused my life to be hard and me to change degree three times.
TL;DR dont be an asshole to kids with ADHD, its a serious disease, its diagnosis tests are well done and documented and can last for 1 year, and they suffer hard lives
ADHD children not only have tendency to be hiperactive and easily distracted, they have also some "abilities", the ability to mantain focus in several things at a time, they excel in anything having to do with eye-hand coordination (theyre quite good at sports, games etc...)
Im tired of listening to all of this "ADHD is not real" because it is and its not overdiagnosed, it has a disease rate of 10%, meaning that in a class of 30, 3 kids will probably suffer from it. It is genetical. Also kids with ADHD have really difficult lives, have little to no friends, and tend to fail in everything they try.
Sauce: more than 18 years living with this hell of a problem which has caused my life to be hard and me to change degree three times.
TL;DR dont be an asshole to kids with ADHD, its a serious disease, its diagnosis tests are well done and documented and can last for 1 year, and they suffer hard lives
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donatelo ONLINE (04/24/2015) [-] psychofag here. alot of mental illnesses are diagnosed accurately, and its not that they are diagnosing more easily, its that diagnoses procedures have greatly improved...in other words, we are able to diagnose mental illnesses more easily now then back then, so while it may look like they are more prevelant, its just that we can diagnose it better....revelance rates are essentially the same considering this.
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anotherponyaccount (04/25/2015) [-] I had ADHD and Aspergers.
I always refused the 'entitlements' the school offered because it felt patronizing
I always refused the 'entitlements' the school offered because it felt patronizing
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burningchimera ONLINE (04/25/2015) [-] I'm 18, i have ADHD, hyperactive as **** and could never study and still cant. Also autism So yeah, it's true that you can't just label someone with ADHD, you also cant just say that they don't either. It's a double edged sword here, kind of like how people claim to have depression but are just being whiny to get attention, and then there's people with actual depression.
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anon (04/25/2015) [-]
I would like to say that I have ADHD, and I take medicine for it. I can tell you that without a doubt it is extremely difficult to focus on something when I'm off of it, even things that I want to do, and it's not like I have 'full blown' ADHD by any stretch of the imagination.
I understand you're not necessarily saying that ADHD is a myth, but people shouldn't go around assuming that people who are diagnosed with ADHD are just lazy.
I understand you're not necessarily saying that ADHD is a myth, but people shouldn't go around assuming that people who are diagnosed with ADHD are just lazy.
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gcloud ONLINE (04/25/2015) [-] when i was about 6 my teacher was writing a book about adhd so naturally she forced my parent to get me diagnosed and i came out positive and so then they started stuffing pills and pills down my throat and now i have a really bad eating disorder. aka my teacher is a total scumbag that ill find and kill one day, its be easy Manchester memorial essex reginal elementery school only had so many teacher.
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incoming (04/25/2015) [-] I had a day care that thought I had ADHD and wouldn't let me go back without a doctor's note saying either I didn't have it or having a medication for it. My mom took me to one one doc that pretty much just looked at me and wrote a script but my mom didn't trust that diagnosis so she took me to another doc that actually sat me down for a while and talked to me and my mom and he said I was fine. In the end I turned out okay. I won't say it isn't a problem with some kids though, because I had a friend with it and you could really tell when his meds were wearing off I was suspected of having adhd and I thought he got annoyingly hyper when that happened if that's any indication of how bad it was .
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anon (04/24/2015) [-]
Having been diagnosed with ADHD before it became so popular to throw around, I can outright say that it is very much a real thing, but people ignorantly believes hyperactivity equals ADHD. It is a combination of attention issues and hyperactiveness, plus different illnesses that might come along. It annoys me cause I literally can't live without my medicine, yet people think medicine shouldn't be used.
If anyone thinks they know how ADHD is, but doesn't have it themselves, are full of **** . It is horrible.
If anyone thinks they know how ADHD is, but doesn't have it themselves, are full of **** . It is horrible.
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thunderchild (04/24/2015) [-] I agree many kids don't have adhd but some do. I went to a psychologist as a child had blood work done etc. I was almost unable to control my attention. I've grown out of the hyper activity, but I still think differently, I approach things differently. I'm a straight A Student, Graduated Top Of My High Choo Class. I know I would never have made it in elementary and middle school without my meds. people say if I hit you enough you'll call down. It doesn't work. My dad would spank Me, belt me etc, I just kind of got pissed off and threw temper tantrums that he dared, strike me.some people are just brats but others have issues
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karvarausku (04/24/2015) [-] **karvarausku used "*roll picture*"**
**karvarausku rolled image** big bro is 28 and he was just lately diagnosed with ADHD...
I have had problem focusing on things and usually can't keep my attention to things that last more than week.
**karvarausku rolled image** big bro is 28 and he was just lately diagnosed with ADHD...
I have had problem focusing on things and usually can't keep my attention to things that last more than week.
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xxmarkusxx (04/25/2015) [-] proper diet, daily exercise, and a good sleeping schedule go a long way.
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anon (04/25/2015) [-]
Meh. Enough negative reinforcement would make anyone behave as desired. You just start to reach the point where kids develop crippling fear of authority figures and/or become sociopaths before its starts to kick in for the more extreme cases. But hey, conformity is WAY more important than mental health right? We should distribute shock collars to teachers, that'd whip them students into line. Yeah.
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donatelo ONLINE (04/24/2015) [-] i would say many do, but the thing about adhd a huge number of those with it can "outgrow" it...this is because the brain region associated with attention develops slower in those with adhd, eventually though they catch up with normally developing adults closer to adulthood.
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lollar (04/25/2015) [-] **lollar used "*roll picture*"**
**lollar rolled image**>Fat neckbeards with maximun level of autism , social akwardness and rage, give their opinion on how to be productve at school.
**lollar rolled image**>Fat neckbeards with maximun level of autism , social akwardness and rage, give their opinion on how to be productve at school.
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redeadhunter (04/25/2015) [-] Well I never thought my face would be rolled but there it is.
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adhdposter (04/25/2015) [-] >Be me
>Have ADHD
>3.8 GPA
>Do all my work
>Almost never do an assignment late
>Never do group work late
But
>Only free time are the breaks I take to come here
>Been taking meds that make me not want to eat
>Can't get out of bed sometimes because of lack of energy from not eating
>Still have to work so much that I only sleep about 5 hours per night
It is 100% real. I hate it a lot when people try to say it isn't, but I hate it even more when it is falsely diagnosed and people use it as an excuse. I see plenty of lazy ***** who claim they don't work because of ADHD when it is clear that they are just making bad choices. Let me tell you how to tell if someone actually has ADHD or not.
>Tell them to get back on task
>Two possible reactions
>"Oh, sorry." *starts working* -- actual ADHD
>"I am working!" "Why do you care?" "Don't tell me what to do!" -- lazy piece of ****
TL;DR
It is real. I hate people who say it's not, but I also hate lazy people who say they have it but don't.
>Have ADHD
>3.8 GPA
>Do all my work
>Almost never do an assignment late
>Never do group work late
But
>Only free time are the breaks I take to come here
>Been taking meds that make me not want to eat
>Can't get out of bed sometimes because of lack of energy from not eating
>Still have to work so much that I only sleep about 5 hours per night
It is 100% real. I hate it a lot when people try to say it isn't, but I hate it even more when it is falsely diagnosed and people use it as an excuse. I see plenty of lazy ***** who claim they don't work because of ADHD when it is clear that they are just making bad choices. Let me tell you how to tell if someone actually has ADHD or not.
>Tell them to get back on task
>Two possible reactions
>"Oh, sorry." *starts working* -- actual ADHD
>"I am working!" "Why do you care?" "Don't tell me what to do!" -- lazy piece of ****
TL;DR
It is real. I hate people who say it's not, but I also hate lazy people who say they have it but don't.
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samoaspider (04/25/2015) [-] have you tried taking meds before sleep instead of before meals during daytime?
you aint gonna eat while you sleep anyways
you aint gonna eat while you sleep anyways
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adhdposter (04/25/2015) [-] >It wears off after 8 - 12 hours
>A side effect while it's active is insomnia
>A side effect while it's active is insomnia
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chewiewhatawookie (04/25/2015) [-] Damn. I feel for you, bro. Only one thing you can do to make it all better.
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adhdposter (04/25/2015) [-] What is that mist around it? Is it foggy indoors? How did the fog get inside?
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adhdposter (04/25/2015) [-] Why is it so dusty? And why is the dust blue? Is it that place with those blue streetlights? Supposedly blue streetlights decrease suicide rate.
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brothergrimm (04/25/2015) [-] It's just as bad as teenage girls who say they're bipolar when really, they're just cunts.... My mother has actual bipolar. When i was 9 years old, she flipped the **** out and tried to murder me. That's Bipolar.
I didn't have ADHD. I was just extremely hyper, like most kids at a young age. But like many others, i was pumped full of meds until i was old enough to stop taking them on my own.
the system is broken yo...
I didn't have ADHD. I was just extremely hyper, like most kids at a young age. But like many others, i was pumped full of meds until i was old enough to stop taking them on my own.
the system is broken yo...
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anon (04/24/2015) [-]
Why is everyone using school work as an example?
No kid wants to do school work, it's not a natural thing to do. It's slow, it's not relevant to you and it's not interesting.
Kids learn by playing and by curiosity, but it seems now wanting to learn the proper way means you're abnormal.
Why is that kid asking questions and wanting to have fun?
Must be ADHD!
DRUG HIM!!
No kid wants to do school work, it's not a natural thing to do. It's slow, it's not relevant to you and it's not interesting.
Kids learn by playing and by curiosity, but it seems now wanting to learn the proper way means you're abnormal.
Why is that kid asking questions and wanting to have fun?
Must be ADHD!
DRUG HIM!!
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talldumbdork (04/25/2015) [-] True ADHD can cause crippling inability to take tests or focus in class. Often over diagnosed, there are many that do benefit from the effects of medication. We can't dismiss them in this. Can you imagine drawing cocks on a super important test you actually really wanted to pass but now it's jusf cocks.......cocks man.
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loonquawl (04/25/2015) [-] A lot of parents probably go with pills simply because a doctor told them it was the best move. While I do think there's a lot of kids diagnosed with add/adhd because they simply don't want to **** down, shut the **** up, and do their work... There are also some who actually do need the drugs to balance them out, not being able to focus on it all isn't their choice.
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anotherponyaccount (04/25/2015) [-] Okay, now how do we cure Aspergers?
I got it!
Shank them and say "Go socialize".
I got it!
Shank them and say "Go socialize".
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Clonious (04/25/2015) [-] I had ADHD once. I was an extremely outgoing, rather affectionate and just plain wild child.
Then I was put into home school because public school couldn't handle my swag (really I was framed but whatever), putting me in front of a computer every day since. Eventually after so many years, I dropped the H due to having no peers my age to goof off with, making me ADD. I might have seen my friends a few times a month if that.
Now, being 19, I've recently taken mental steps to discipline my thinking and keep myself focused. That, conjoined with Focus Binaural Beats, reduces the ADD effects to almost nothing. People tell me I've matured, as I've forced myself to become so, but... I wish I was still a child. I suppose this is what most people go through at some point.
Gif unrelated.
Then I was put into home school because public school couldn't handle my swag (really I was framed but whatever), putting me in front of a computer every day since. Eventually after so many years, I dropped the H due to having no peers my age to goof off with, making me ADD. I might have seen my friends a few times a month if that.
Now, being 19, I've recently taken mental steps to discipline my thinking and keep myself focused. That, conjoined with Focus Binaural Beats, reduces the ADD effects to almost nothing. People tell me I've matured, as I've forced myself to become so, but... I wish I was still a child. I suppose this is what most people go through at some point.
Gif unrelated.
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jokeface (04/24/2015) [-] As a lifelong "sufferer" of ADHD, I will say that this treatment worked better on me than any of the pills they made me take. My conservative father insisted that ADHD was hardly worthy of being considered a disorder, and really just needed to be controlled with strict discipline. Meanwhile my very liberal mother (who was herself a heavy user of prescription drugs) pushed me to take things like Ritalin and Concerta. I don't remember how I reacted to Ritalin since I was but a wee lad at the time, but I remember taking Concerta in middle school and it had no effect on me.
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alexstraza (04/24/2015) [-] You know a disease is a non-issue when the ******* medicine to cure the disease was created before the disease was "found"
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alexstraza (04/25/2015) [-] Illness:
Noun
1. unhealthy condition; poor health; indisposition; sickness.
Disease:
Noun
1. a disordered or incorrectly functioning organ, part, structure, or system of the body resulting from the effect of genetic or developmental errors, infection, poisons, nutritional deficiency or imbalance, toxicity, or unfavorable environmental factors; illness; sickness; ailment.
Wait! Wait! Illness is used in the dictionary definition as a synonym for disease!? WHAT IS THIS!? HOW CAN THAT BE IF SOMETHING IS AN ILLNESS BUT NOT A DISEASES!?!? WHAT IS THIS SORCERY!?!?
Noun
1. unhealthy condition; poor health; indisposition; sickness.
Disease:
Noun
1. a disordered or incorrectly functioning organ, part, structure, or system of the body resulting from the effect of genetic or developmental errors, infection, poisons, nutritional deficiency or imbalance, toxicity, or unfavorable environmental factors; illness; sickness; ailment.
Wait! Wait! Illness is used in the dictionary definition as a synonym for disease!? WHAT IS THIS!? HOW CAN THAT BE IF SOMETHING IS AN ILLNESS BUT NOT A DISEASES!?!? WHAT IS THIS SORCERY!?!?
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donatelo ONLINE (04/25/2015) [-] Ok I admit I mistitled it, it's a disorder...not an illness. It may seem like a backtrack but I quickly wrote it down without checking...
But anyway, I'm a psych major and went over ADHD in different classes. It is basically caused by delayed growth of an area of the brain associated with attention. The prevalence rate is larger in children and smaller in adults because this are of the brain can "catch up" with normal development of the brain. It is most certainly not a decease.
But anyway, I'm a psych major and went over ADHD in different classes. It is basically caused by delayed growth of an area of the brain associated with attention. The prevalence rate is larger in children and smaller in adults because this are of the brain can "catch up" with normal development of the brain. It is most certainly not a decease.
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kinginyellow (04/25/2015) [-] ADHD here, and I definitely couldn't focus when I tried, something would just click and I'd suddenly snap back out of my thoughts and half the class would have gone by, and growing up I never managed to develop a "word filter" I guess (basically, I've still managed to let dumb **** slip out I shouldn't say), I had no impulse control, and it wasn't even my parents to blame, my mother took so much time to try and make sure I grew up without that attitude.
The big difference I think is our mothers though, mine put me on Strattera, but she read everything and constantly made sure I was okay. She was ready to take me off the second I showed negative side effects, and I also saw someone to work on impulse control and anger management in combination with pills, and I haven't needed either for a while.
My big problem is the assholes who just go "lol I'm ADD so I can do whatever" when I actually struggled with it. I still don't like to be social much because I drop focus so fast and it makes conversations awkward when I'm having trouble staying focused. In my opinion, if you want to be able to use ADD or ADHD as an excuse for ****** behavior, you have to go through the same **** I did, because just letting an ADD child go without consequence is actually more damaging.
They won't learn, if anything at least ******* sit them down and make them talk about their outbursts, if they really have a problem they might be able to find a way to fix it.
The big difference I think is our mothers though, mine put me on Strattera, but she read everything and constantly made sure I was okay. She was ready to take me off the second I showed negative side effects, and I also saw someone to work on impulse control and anger management in combination with pills, and I haven't needed either for a while.
My big problem is the assholes who just go "lol I'm ADD so I can do whatever" when I actually struggled with it. I still don't like to be social much because I drop focus so fast and it makes conversations awkward when I'm having trouble staying focused. In my opinion, if you want to be able to use ADD or ADHD as an excuse for ****** behavior, you have to go through the same **** I did, because just letting an ADD child go without consequence is actually more damaging.
They won't learn, if anything at least ******* sit them down and make them talk about their outbursts, if they really have a problem they might be able to find a way to fix it.
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Shiny ONLINE (04/25/2015) [-] I have actual ADHD as an adult, and it's not fun at all. It makes focusing and functioning a ******* pain, even with drugs like Adderall (which are still awesome and highly recommended).
Kids with genuine attention deficits aren't happy-go-lucky, they're ******* miserable because they think they're idiots when they're not.
Parents just want an excuse not to bother parenting their children any more than they absolutely have to.
Kids with genuine attention deficits aren't happy-go-lucky, they're ******* miserable because they think they're idiots when they're not.
Parents just want an excuse not to bother parenting their children any more than they absolutely have to.
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articulate (04/25/2015) [-] I don't like the drugs. They make me feel like a zombie. It's been a year since I stopped taking them and I rather not be able to concentrate and still feel like a person than to be dead and productive.
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sonicsyndicate (04/25/2015) [-] take your meds i cant even think straight anymore because of adhd if i start something ill find myself an hour later almost finishing something completly different and remember what i started out to do that day and leave what im doing to finish that and then i end up not finishing either things
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nachobeldavid (04/24/2015) [-] ADHD Ritalin rat here.
Drugged me up cause I couldn't sit and do their standardized learning. If there were alternative schools around my small town, it would have gone differently.
I remember telling the doctor that I just wasn't interested in the school work. I wanted to go do something else.
Drugged me up cause I couldn't sit and do their standardized learning. If there were alternative schools around my small town, it would have gone differently.
I remember telling the doctor that I just wasn't interested in the school work. I wanted to go do something else.
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gloomyhallow (04/24/2015) [-] I hate that drug. Made me a zombie for 13 years and I ended up with zero friends.
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infinitereaper (04/24/2015) [-] So many people misdiagnosed and pumped full of cash cow pharmaceutical drugs
Soon they'll just get rid of human emotion all together
Soon they'll just get rid of human emotion all together
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yellmi (04/25/2015) [-] This is so sad actually
I worked at a pharmacy and I had to fill out prescriptions for adderall for kids that are only 7 or even worse... 4
Isn't it sad?
They have to basically grow up on pills, they will never even know what it's like to just be themselves at this point
Every pharmacist or nurse I've met thinks it's ****** up, but hey if lazy parents want to be lazy parents
I worked at a pharmacy and I had to fill out prescriptions for adderall for kids that are only 7 or even worse... 4
Isn't it sad?
They have to basically grow up on pills, they will never even know what it's like to just be themselves at this point
Every pharmacist or nurse I've met thinks it's ****** up, but hey if lazy parents want to be lazy parents
