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Really? Glad you know so freakin' much. See, I ALSO took Adderall to see if thre was any significant difference in my focus. I saw none. I saw a slight uptick in energy which was expected.

Which is exactly what the drug is supposed to do.

Lot's of drugs are "mind-altering" including Tylenol with Codeine, Aleve, Aspirin, etc. etc. etc.

I will trust my Physicians long before I will take advice from rampaging folks with pitchforks in hand on the crusade to "save the kids" from "government programs."

Trust me when I saw I used to think much of the same...just not to your extreme. In fact, I argued with both the psychologist and physician about the very things brought up and guess what, after a thorough reading ON MY OWN about the subject, the drugs, the effect and symptoms, I decided to support a trial of the meds to see the effects.

That trial has significantly IMPROVED the life of my son, my wife and the rest of my family.

And just to blow all the other totally inappropriate generalities in the posts here, my son is a great athlete with less that 7% body fat, exercises all the time, doesn't and isn't ALLOWED to play games or sit in front of the TV for extended durations. He's not unruly or out of control. He's been disciplined his whole life including limited use of spanking.

Trust me when I saw I used to think much of the same...just not to your extreme.

I must say that I am a little shocked by your attack.

All I was trying to say is that certain drugs are designed to dramatically alter one's mindset and with that one's behavior. And the fact that this result occurs is not proof that any condition actually exists.

Let me offer this example and see if it makes sens: My wife has a sleep disorder and she has sleeping pills that she takes when she is unable to sleep. The pills help her sleep very soundly. If for whatever the reason take one of the pills myself, I will also sleep more soundly than normal -- BUT THIS DOESN'T MEAN I HAVE A SLEEP DISORDER.

I was not trying to personalize this toward you in any way and I apologize if it came across that way. If something is helping you or your family that's great. It's just that I am apprehensive that such a large percentage of children are diagnosed with ADD/ADHD and these percentages make me very wary of the validity of the diagnostic procedures.