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Yeah but....no. The rest of the time, absolutely- my mind goes so fast I can barely keep up. I run everywhere not because I'm late (although I often am) but because walking is so slow it bores me. Behind the wheel however I am absolutely hyperfocused. I can predict what other motorists are going to do before they even know it themselves. On the motorway I'll often move over a lane because I can see that another motorist will need to move out to overtake- before they even realise that they're fast moving up on another car and need to pull out, I've already made space for them. In 9 years of driving I've caused one accident, which was at 2mph and caused no damage to the other car.Originally Posted by Stewart
No- but equally some of them might. I'd flunked out of university a long time before I even considered that I might have a concentration problem- up until that point I'd just put it down to my own failings, with a consequent serious loss of self esteem. Seeing my best friend go on Ritalin and turn his life around was what made me think that I might have similar problems.Seriously though, problem with these syndromes is they make everything sound like its a... well, a syndrome. Some people have short attention spans, or struggle to get motivated, or aren't happy at work and so don't put the effort in. Not all these people have ADD.
Yeah, but equally, most people, faced with the choice of doing what they like, or keeping their jobs/completing their studies will do the latter because they can see the end game. If I'd flunked out of uni because I spent my time getting drunk and chatting up women I'd put it down to experience....but I can't even claim that. Instead I spent hours at my desk tearing my hair out and having a thoroughly crappy time. I can't even claim that I had a good time at uni- the whole thing was a waste of two precious years of my life, because I couldn't concentrate.People who have a list of things to do but instead find themselves surfing the net, are doing so not because they have ADD, ADHD, HD-DVD or anything else, but because given the choice between doing something you like and doing something you don't, most people will drift into doing what they like.
I'm certainly not going to be offended, but I've run the full gamut of Mum's Healthy Cooking, to student amateur catering, to booze 'n kebabs, and back to pretty decent married eating without any appreciable change in my mindset at all. Looking back on my experience, there's simply no correlation. I eat pretty well now FWIW.
Oh dear Betty, and there was me thinking that we'd never agree on anything. The legitimate question is whether Ritalin and similar drugs have a similar effect on everyone, or whetther they affect people with ADD unduly.
If you want Ritalin or it's family of similar drugs you can persuade your NHS doctor that you have ADHD or, if you prefer an easy ride, you can persuade Dr Kewley.
Otherwise, they're all amphetamine derivatives, so find your local speed dealer. In that case though, be sure you know what you're doing.
The side effects are pretty much the same whichever route you take.
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