| I’ve long held the belief that ADHD is wildly over diagnosed (in the US, at least). Your anecdote has helped solidify this belief. 8/10 Adderall users I know are able to concentrate and complete complex, intricate tasks without the pills. The pills just put them in jet-speed mode. It sounds like you truly have ADHD and are benefitting from proper medication. I wish nothing but the best for you. However, I also wish the doctors would remove their heads from their ass and attempt to find a better method of diagnosis. During my friend’s 3rd year of study at University, he realized many of his classmates were taking Adderall. Not only that, but those students had less trouble completing the crushing work load on time. So, he visited the local pill dispensing psychiatrist and walked out with his very own prescription. Now we’re here, several years later, and he’s convinced that he really does have ADHD because the doctor keeps renewing his prescription. He chooses to forget that he initially got the prescription by regurgitating bullet points out of the DSM. This is just one example. I’ve seen it countless times. Is it really just me that thinks having oodles of young adults taking amphetamines daily is OK? I just can’t seem to wrap my head around it. |