Comments on: “Disorder” or “personality”? http://addingup.org/2009/06/14/disorder-personality/ exploring NEW realities of adult ADD/ADHD Tue, 10 Nov 2009 17:48:07 +0000 hourly 1 By: Matthew http://addingup.org/2009/06/14/disorder-personality/comment-page-1/#comment-639 Matthew Tue, 10 Nov 2009 17:48:07 +0000 http://www.addingup.org/?p=1074#comment-639 Posts like this infuriate me. What kind of scientific, not philosophical or psychological evidence can you produce to back these claims? I have lived with a very powerful case of ADD almost my entire teenage and now the beginning of my adult life. Without my medication, I can hardly function. I cant keep my brain focused on things that I WANT to do, let alone the things I have to do. Trust me, I hate testing myself by not taking my meds and then walking around on a day off around my house, unable to maintain solid train of thought, unable to keep myself on track in phone conversations, unable to keep myself tracked in online chats with my friends unless I have a history I can read to see what was going on. The homework behind ADD shows its a lack of chemical that a specific portion of the brain produces, due to the fact it didnt grow at the same rate the rest of the brain did. This isnt a personality. This isnt normal by any means. When a person in my case walks around without medication and feels as if they cant even control their own focus or desires, is a NIGHTMARE, not a PERSONALITY. Posts like this infuriate me. What kind of scientific, not philosophical or psychological evidence can you produce to back these claims?

I have lived with a very powerful case of ADD almost my entire teenage and now the beginning of my adult life. Without my medication, I can hardly function. I cant keep my brain focused on things that I WANT to do, let alone the things I have to do. Trust me, I hate testing myself by not taking my meds and then walking around on a day off around my house, unable to maintain solid train of thought, unable to keep myself on track in phone conversations, unable to keep myself tracked in online chats with my friends unless I have a history I can read to see what was going on.

The homework behind ADD shows its a lack of chemical that a specific portion of the brain produces, due to the fact it didnt grow at the same rate the rest of the brain did.

This isnt a personality. This isnt normal by any means. When a person in my case walks around without medication and feels as if they cant even control their own focus or desires, is a NIGHTMARE, not a PERSONALITY.

]]> By: Katy http://addingup.org/2009/06/14/disorder-personality/comment-page-1/#comment-108 Katy Wed, 24 Jun 2009 04:06:52 +0000 http://www.addingup.org/?p=1074#comment-108 Pretty cool post. I just stumbled upon your blog and wanted to say that I have really liked browsing your posts. Anyway I'll be subscribing to your feed and I hope you write again soon! Pretty cool post. I just stumbled upon your blog and wanted to say
that I have really liked browsing your posts. Anyway
I’ll be subscribing to your feed and I hope you write again soon!

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