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Originally posted by Trixie
I have ADD -- and taking Ritalin proved it. Sorry to all of you doubters, but if someone can take speed (which is all ritalin is -- an amphetamine) and go take a nap . . . I think there's something different about our brains.
I don't believe that diet crap at all. And just because something is overdiagnosed doesn't mean it's not real for some people.
ADD is classified with seizure disorders (epilepsy, narcolepsy, etc.) -- kind of interesting when you think of it that way.
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I think overdiagnosis is a problem but of course there is a difference between someone who is lazy or just doesn't want to put in the effort and someone who <B>can't</B>. My problem is not that I don't want to concentrate, I literally can't. That commercial had the best comparison I have ever heard: "It's like someone keeps changing the channel in your head." I also suffer from extreme insomnia which I think is related. The only way I ever get to sleep is to stay up until I am fantastically tired which is why it is not unusual for me to be up for 36 hours straight. Today, for instance, I went to sleep around 1:00PM and got up around 6:00PM. I won't be able to go back to sleep until at least 1:00PM tomorrow. The biggest contributor to the sleep problem for me is not being able to shut my brain off. No matter how hard I try to relax or calm down my thoughts they race around and keep me awake.
SpaceAce