I was really incredibly hyper as a kid. I was not taught coping mechanisms. Pills were thrown at me. Our idea of how to fix hyper children potent patience and learning, is been throw pills at them until something works. One day, when I was 14, I tired of the pills and started learning to control myself. It took some time but eventually I learned how to calm myself. I was on 60 milligrams time release of adderol. From what my doctor said, even he thought it was too much but my mother insisted because I was "unmanageable". Mine isn't as bad as others? I'm sure there are some out there that are worse and have a legitimate problem but ADD and ADHD are often over-diagnosed. There were even a bunch of news articles in the 90's about it.

Yes I think it's a cop-out. Yes I think people need to learn self-control. No I don't think As many people have ADD and ADHD as claim it or are diagnosed with it. It was one of those things that doctors diagnosed like they were giving out candy much like other fad diagnoses.

I, for one, feel much better and less dragged down by big pharma.