I don't blame you. Diagnosing the correct medication (if that is even the appropriate treatment for a given person) is trial & error. Most people go through a couple meds before they find the right one, if they ever do at all. Other common Rx's include Adderall and Dexedrine, and even then you have to find out if immediate release or sustained release works better. There is no single appropriate med for everyone. It can be a difficult trial finding the right one, but the individual then has to ask him/herself which is worse, that trial period, or dealing with the untreated ADD.

Acting out is hardly a reason for parents to jump to meds, though, and any doctor who prescribes based on that alone is a quack.

Yeah, I guess my question was pretty harsh. It really can be beneficial when used correctly.

I am curious, did you take medicine for your ADD or did you chose another route?

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Originally posted by ziptnf I probably wake up QWOPing.

Lol.

Sit here, do this because I said so, you're hungry? Here's McDonald's and caffeine no you can't have any candy now, wait until after dinner, sit still, go watch TV, Go outside, don't hang out with those kids, you're in trouble if I have to come get you, do this for me, don't do that, here's some sugar to tide you over, milk, milk, corn, corn, soda, soda, GO TO BED, WHY ARE YOU ACTING OUT LIKE THIS WHY CANT YOU PAY ATTENTION DO YOU WANT A SPANKING? TAKE SOME RESPONSIBILITY.

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It's interesting how all of a sudden in the mid/late 90s kids started needing all these medications when everyone I knew growing up seemed perfectly fine without them.

I blame rap music!

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i blame shitty parenting.. seriously. kids aren't that bad if you can invest in being a good parent.

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Originally posted by Halcyon+On+On milk, milk

If milk is wrong then I don't want to live on this planet anymore.

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Originally posted by ziptnf I probably wake up QWOPing.

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Originally posted by Banora I just don't like kids, I didn't even like them when I was a kid. They're just not for me.

As soon as they are your own kids you will be so hormone pumped that you think they are the cutest and most awesome kids ever and that you'd give your life for them. Nothing you can do about it, the mother instinct is one of the strongest of them all.

So please promise me that once that day comes you will say the words "Meat187 was right!" out loud, then take a big piece of meat and slap yourself in the face with it.

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Then stop coloring and visit Meat187's mix archive!

I'll milk you.

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There are more things in heaven and earth, Horatio,
Than are dreamt of in your philosophy.

Yes, you.

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Originally posted by Halcyon+On+On I'll milk you.

Call me

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Originally posted by Meat187 As soon as they are your own kids you will be so hormone pumped that you think they are the cutest and most awesome kids ever and that you'd give your life for them. Nothing you can do about it, the mother instinct is one of the strongest of them all. So please promise me that once that day comes you will say the words "Meat187 was right!" out loud, then take a big piece of meat and slap yourself in the face with it.

I was there for the birth of my cat and I already think he is the cutest little fucker on this planet.


...Ah shit, you were right.

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Originally posted by ziptnf I probably wake up QWOPing.