ADHD

I'm not sure if you are being funny or not. But in case of 'not'; these 2 things are not realted. 

Restless legs syndrome is a neurological disorder having to do with the nervous system.

'ADHD' is a neurodevelopment psychiatric disorder that, if it exists, originates in the brain.

I never really believed in ADHD. Just an excuse imo.

Strattera makes you lose weight, don't it.

You don't know what you are talking about.

I was not being funny...

There's something there. 

It's just an issue of if it should be tagged as a handicap like it is now.

There are people who made many of the greatest contributions to the world who probably would have been diagnosed with 'disorders' like depression, ADHD and bi-polar.

So, you have to be careful before you go putting people on medicines and trying to 'manage' these things.

Despite what a couple of people have said here, the field of psychology is starting to look at 'disorders' such as ADHD in the light of useful human variation rather than something that should be medicated and stigmatized.

So, no, it's not an excuse. It is just something that is taking time for everyone else to understand and appreciate.

smh

Alright. Plausible perspective.

Like a lot of things, the debate arises from the mislabelling of things. ADHD is not a defined thing, since the brain can't be measured in such a way: it's more like a scale of some description.

Type in your browser NIMH+ADHD. This is serious. Having worked 30 years in a psychiatry for adults I met people where the question of ADHD came up. In one case it changed a life dramatically to the good. And there where people trying to abuse ADHD as excuse or for getting drugs. Life isn't so simple as some do post here.

IOC requires drug screening,and they don't care if you're being treated by a doctor. Example: steroids are always banned,but they are a legitimate treatment for muscle repair,which affects many athletes. It's been. A long time goal of FIDE to join IOC,so I think that's what establishing a drug policy was for.

This is getting crazy there is real adhd and adhd thats is simply not adhd. I know i personially have lots of trouble paying attention during class becuse i cant keep my mind from wandering no matter how hard i try(unfourtuntely it hurts my chess game as well) however i would not say i have adhd becuse i also am not always up making trouble juumping around and stuff.

ADHD is not about a wandering mind...

+1

What was racist about it?

http://dictionary.reference.com/browse/racism

The carte blanche thing I think.

Many want simple and clean solutions in a world where morally right or wrong are mostly useless categories. It's about treatment of diseases, really difficult diagnosis only possible with life-span data, people with addiction and comorbidity hoping for relief by abuse of medication. This is a field were the KISS-principle won't ever work. Nothing for people afraid of thinking or wanting a world divided in good and bad.

This reminds me...

I have some white South African friends who are always complaining about how they are being treated now that black's are in charge of things.

Next time they do, I'm going to throw this at them. 

Thumbs up!