Should I try to get diagnosed?

gscanadian
Wed, 24 Sep 2008 11:05:41 +0000

nbnyc44, your reply wasn’t even relevant to this discussion…we are discussing getting diagnosed, and getting medication…crazynovelist didn’t mention anything about getting special accomodations…and they are reluctant to get help in the first place…they are obviously not trying to abuse the system

I’m not saying that the system is not abused, but I think that probably has a lot more to do with the entitlement that many private school students feel…you should look at the root of the problem there than in the diagnosis of ADD…my life is 110% better since I got diagnosed and started medication, but I have no interest in getting accomodations…it’s a shame that even medication now has a stigma, because if people are abusing medication it is very obvious, it makes them worse or it makes them hyper while it brings true ADDers back to a normal focus