I never said that I thought that they were wrong. What I am saying, basically, is that I do not believe that they are a cure-all. The picture is much more complicated than that. Of course they help — sometimes for short periods, sometimes for long periods, more in some people, less in others. I just want people to…

It absolutely is NOT based in ignorance — that's for sure. It's just not what you wanted to hear, is it? That said, I'm not telling anyone how to live their life. Hardly. Not like it would matter anyway. I'm merely espousing MY hard-earned opinion regarding what I consider to be a very troubling social phenomena. …

Just like my ENT now offers botox and radiesse injections, so too has the authority for prescribing medications been shifted from the "proper" hands. It will only continue, too. Why? MONEY. That's why. To "save" money and to make money. We obviously don't see eye to eye on this. While I agree with you that talk…

"People with ADHD, like people with autism, simply have brains that work differently from most people. That's it."

$$$$$. What you're seeing is encouraging the most profitable business model. Talk therapy takes incredible time, effort and thought (plus training) on the part of both the doctor and the patient. Why invest so much energy if you can spend twenty minutes tinkering with a pill prescription? It's a win for the doctor,…

THANK YOU. From someone who was "drinking the Kool-Aid" from the age of fourteen until about thirty, people NEED to face this and hear this. As is said, if you want to know who, what or why, follow the money $$. Big Pharma is more powerful than Big Tobacco or the Alcohol Industry ever was combined. They make trillions…

Actually, I was taking medications, but not medications that targeted concentration, per say. Sorry that I didn't clarify that point.

Yes, it does, and without getting into too much of my personal history: I am WELL acquainted with mental health profession. They got their hands on me as teenager and the damage (I feel) that was done via medications was not unraveled until I well into my thirties. I am completely medication free now, and, lemme tell…

Actually, sweetheart, I absolutely do. You just don't want to accept it.

$$Big Pharma$$ has worked diligently to convince us that we have a supermarket of "disorders" that, conveniently, need expensive drug$ to address (never cure, though, thus rendering us dependent). Insurance, meanwhile, is doing away with talk therapy in favor of medication management b/c it is cheaper and more…

I once had an "overweight" woman refer to me as "overly" tall. I nearly referred to her as overly padded in return. What's the big deal? It's only the truth. Right? Uh huh.

It's likely a threatened perception of attractiveness stemming, in part, from the "power-dead-even rule" that seems to infiltrate a lot of inter-female relationships, unfortunately. Granted, this is only my experience, but I've been out and about, if you will. I've noticed that when, for whatever reason, I pose some…

Well, then I think that that is horribly rude. Height isn't something like make-up, hairstyles or fashion — it is a predetermined feature, just like the color of your eyes. It enrages me to no end to be busy thinking about my plans for work only to be interrupted by some etiquette-challenged idiot who would be wildly…

Many people, whether they admit it to themselves or not, are obsessed with height. As a 6' woman, I've been stunned at the amount of unsolicited comments from strangers regarding my height. Granted, I understand that if I were, say, 8 inches shorter than the average American woman, it is unlikely that I would hear…

I'm not saying that it's not. I never said that, actually. I'm merely pointing out something that many people have commented on after relocating to the South from the North or the West Coast: The number of people who claim Native ancestry is pretty astounding. At the same time, one would think that there would be an…

Just an FYI, but that would make sense b/c that area is an area that was populated by people known as the Melungeons (of debatable origin): [en.wikipedia.org]

I'm not claiming that I don't think that some people do have Native American heritage — it's just amazing to me regarding how many people do here as opposed to where I grew up in the North. While I was growing up, I think I knew one (1) person, and her name was a Native American name. Still, she was one person out of…

That's exactly what I think is going on.

I understand that it must be frustrating. At least you can tell me WHO in your family was full-blooded. I can't for the life of me get any of the claimants down here to clarify who was the full-blooded relation. It's always that their great-grandmother was 1/2 or 1/4th ____ tribe. My guess is that either it's straight…

I completely agree with you.