The word "psychotropic" is defined as "affecting mental activity, behavior, or perception, as a mood-altering drug." Basically, this isn't just taking an Tylenol if you've got a headache or Zyrtec for allergies. It's way more complex than that. Read More »
ADD
Chill Pills (pt. 1)
By warrior-poet - Posted on January 29th, 2009
Tagged: ADD
• Adderol
• adhd
• adolescents
• Children
• hyperactivity
• learning disorders
• medication
• pharmaceutics
• psychology
• psychotropic drugs
• Ritalin
• teenages
ADD/ADHD: A day in the life of a man who survived ADD (continued)
By robinsonwc - Posted on April 27th, 2008
Tagged: ADD
• adderall
• Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder
• Broad prosperity
• Shared responsibility
• Effective government
• Personal freedom
• Better future
I am now realizing at 22 years old that I could have been anything I wanted to be in grade school, but I let a lack of motivation and low self-esteem stop me all of which I partially blame on the ADD. However, when I started high school, I started a new medication named Adderall. At first, I could not see what it was doing to help me. But, it gave me a slight boost and helped my confi Read More »
As a Result of Our Fast-Paced America
By nobscricket - Posted on April 20th, 2008
As a result of our fast-paced America we seem to be inventing illness. We cannot focus on anything for longer than five minutes, and to cure our impatience we take drugs that dull our minds and erase our personality. Perhaps ADD and ADHD stem from a culture were children are not at leisure to spend more than ten minutes with their parents at a time. Read More »
Verbal Diarrhea
By mutemuse - Posted on April 3rd, 2008
Tagged: ADD
• cancer
• Disease
• first amendment
• illness
• misue
• nazi
• OCD
• respect
• words
• Personal freedom
• Better future
In a word of politically correct speech I feel that our freedom of the first amendment has truly been squelched. In saying this, however, I think there are words that should not be misused. The following list is clearly not comprehensive. It merely lists a few words that I personally find offensive when taken out of context. Read More »
Experience with the ADD Epidemic.
By Gamerpanda - Posted on February 27th, 2008
Yesterday marked my first day of observing in a grade school classroom. As someone who has wanted to be an elementary teacher for nearly all of my life, I was quite excited. While I was talking to the teacher I was assigned to, she informed me that her group of students this year were not the best behaved group of kids she has ever had. Read More »
