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I had a hard time concentrating in school as well. Always in the principal's office, and got C's in conduct all the way through 6th grade. I thank god my parents never had me 'diagnosed' because I was guaranteed to be labeled 'ADD' and been prescribed medication for this truly bullshit condition concocted by the modern age.

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I strongly suspect it isn't "bullshit" but it is overdiagnosed. It may be a very good thing that you weren't labelled and many may be mislabelled but that doesn't mean there aren't people with real neuropysiological/chemical differences that really do affect behaviour and can be counterbalanced by drugs.

> prescribed medication for this truly bullshit condition concocted by the modern age.

Ritalin is nearly 60 years old.

Sorry I meant the condition is concocted, not the drug.

The drug has been used to treat the condition for nearly 60 years.

>this truly bullshit condition

Congratulations on your doctorate! Did you go for an MD or a PhD?

Psychology has some of the worst 'science' there is. It's studying alchemy before understanding chemistry. Reading psychology journal articles is painful.

You do know that there's a difference between psychiatry and psychology, right?

Neurobiology isn't a soft science.

> I had a hard time concentrating in school as well.

Why would you think you would be diagnosed with an executive function disorder?

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