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To: ConservaTexan
Only a "classic liberal" would make such a statement.

I see you found my about page, and you're as ignorant about liberalism, as you are about ADHD. Friedrich Hayek, Margret Thacher, and the great Lord Acton are all on my side.

. . . but what pill or shot or holistic treatment is going to make you better able to control yourself?

To be specific? In my case it's Methylphenidate. And I'm not the only one, it's proven to reduce implusivity by about 60% in most studies of people diagnosed with ADHD.

Maybe if mommy or daddy or the guy mommy was shacking up with had put a boot in your A$$ when you were growing up you would have learned some self control.

Now I have to wonder if I'm not the only one who needs to get hold of his/her impulses. You have no idea how many boots I got in my arse growing up.

Good luck with the pills, do they have anything to help me balance my checkbook?

I'm not sure, the pills won't teach you arithmetic, you're on your own for that one. But they might help you to focus on the task long enough to get it done.

And I have to know, you really think perfect parents make perfect children? Because if you do, I'll have to roll my eyes back into my head again.

42 posted on 08/01/2006 9:32:32 PM PDT by CLRGuy (If crypto is security, then trees are houses.)
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To: CLRGuy

Good for you for speaking up. You're helping more than the people who respond on this thread.

One of the biggest risks of ADHD is self medication with other (illicit) drugs, alcohol, and nicotine. I think this is one of the proofs that the disorder exists.


90 posted on 08/01/2006 10:54:20 PM PDT by hocndoc (http://www.lifeethics.org/www.lifeethics.org/index.html)
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