You too? ;)
I just can't focus on things I DON'T like it when someone tells me to control myself. Heck the worst they do to me for punishment is sit me in a chair or send me to my room where I can play games I enjoy.
Psssssssst - hope my parents don't find out that I'm really a spoiled rotten brat who needs some attention and discipline. Not that I'm alittle older I love all the material things they shower on me because they insist on BOTH working full time. Yeah, I'm pissed off at em but with ritalin I'm more relaxed and life goes on as usual for me, Did I mention that I get special treatment because of this "problem"? Like that too.
Your sarcasm will be returned with sincerity.
I, on the other hand, was diagnosed with ADD before ritalin was discovered as a treatment for ADD. They hit me with some heavy tranquilizers, and even as a child I knew tranq's were WRONG. I used to hide them, pretend I took them, threw them out, etc. So I was definitely not interested in the 'special treatment' I received.
As I wrote to another: "Do you know that when I was a child, RIGHT IN THE MIDDLE OF BEING SCOLDED, when a child's attention is the most focused, I would 'zone out'? That's right, in the MIDDLE of being scolded or disciplined, I would lose focus on the topic."
Fast forward many years. Several people independently observe I have ADD symptoms. I finally, after decades, listen to one of them. I am IMMEDIATELY diagnosed with rather severe ADD. The medicine I receive changes me about 100% into someone who CAN concentrate. Someone who CAN complete tasks. Someone who is just about a completely different person.
So I understand, from the sarcasm in your posts on this topic, that you are an ideologue on this topic. Be aware that if you managed to eliminate the concept of ADD in the medical community, and outlaw treatment for this malady, that you would be severely damaging the quality of my life.