You are right. People are people. And whether it is being human or society teaching us to, we very often make excuses for ourselves so we don't have to deal with our own issues. I get what is like to have trouble paying attention. My childhood was riddled with behavioral issues. But I overcame it. Part of the problem isn't the people with the illness either, it's society. Children aren't meant to spend 8 hours a day in a class room being force fed information and be expected to retain it. Adults aren't meant to sit in offices and crunch numbers all day. It's not healthy and their pent up energy has nowhere to go. But we learn to deal with it as best we can.

So... Those studies and scientific findings.. You wanna prove to me that big pharma didn't do the research or have a third party do them? Because without that is useless. Can't tell if it's biased without knowing the source.

Stigma stigma stigma. Regardless of stigma ADD and ADHD are no excuse for causing harm to others. End of story.

On second thought, this isn't really the place for this conversation. If you want to continue this discussion please mail me. We have detracted from the original post.