Re: OT: A.D.D.
I "hear" ya, Will. And I think I understand. Beleive me, I hope our daughter can "grow out of her hyperactivity" somehow. We are not a family that believes a pill is the answer to everything. Even now, when she stubs (stumps?) her toe, she wants a "pain" pill. And we explain to her she doesn't need one. She still thinks bandaids stop pain (even though we tell her bandaids are for protecting a cut).
But, as you said, and I think I agree if I understand you correctly, the US has become, to some degree, a nation that thinks the answer to any problem is a pill. Part of that is marketing efforts by the people who stand to make a profit from selling them. The other part, perhaps, is the average US citizen's response to a problem by denying any of it is their own fault and that they can fix it themselves...i.e., whatever bad happens to someone is not THEIR fault, but something else...either a medical excuse or something that someone else is to be blamed for.
[edit] As a side note, I researched Adderall as best I could on the I'Net. Weirdly enough, one of the main ingredients is basically an "upper". Go figure! An "upper" to cure hyperactivity? Strange!
[ July 20, 2003, 14:10: Message edited by: Slynky ]
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