Read through a few online archives where adults with ADHD share their thoughts, and invariably, you will encounter just a few like this:
“Those of us who do take meds take them so we can function in a non-AD/HD world.”
They would operate just fine in the world, they maintain, if it weren’t for all the “neurotypical” types making them toe the line. Betsy Davenport, a Portland clinician who specializes in treating AD/HD (and has it herself), responded to one such post this way:
“Actually, I take medication to maximize my functioning in THE REAL world, which includes my home, where we ALL have Quirky Brains. It has nothing to do with the rest of the people, or the conventional expectations of the rest of the world’s people, or the rigid social climate in which we live, or any of that rot. Read the rest of this entry »
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