I was on pills for it for two years and they messed me up. They also gave me a high metabolism so I was able to eat whatever I wanted and not get fat but when I was finally taken off them, I got all these stretch marks because I craved sugar and kept on eating unhealthy and ate a lot of food. But everyone in my family gained some weight because we were all going through a hard time because of me. I haven't been on pills for ADD since. I was also on other shit like vitamin pills. But I was more behaved when I was on those pills.
Prolly not 'true' ADHD if stimulant meds did more harm than good. To my understanding, the use of stimulant meds can not only act as treatment, but can actually be a diagnostic tool in and of itself.
Some people believe lot of people on WP don't really have AS.
I'm one of those people.
I wuld assume a fair amount of folks on WP do indeed have AS or an ASD, though. I have no idea the percentage, though- lot of factors that could tip the scales either way and I haven't been onn there in ages.
we should create a councel, and appoint a leader who will determine who is aspie, and who is not >:I
then, the problem of the FAKES will see its... solution
I think the first step of that solution would be to overturn the American Psychiatirc Association, preferably in a hostile takeover.
Then, come up with a mythical retelling of the fable of the APA, the recognition of AS by the enlightened psychiatric proohets, beytrals and battes with the heretic shrinks, finishing with the ultimate triumph of the true Chosen Aspie People. This retelling should be written in a book and mass produced as way to intruce people into the Unity of Aspergians, which will definitely NOT be a cult but, rather, a path to enlightenment.
All will be welcome on this path, but the true Chosen Aspie People will have a special place on this path, and the rest shall pay tribute in order to join them on the Path. The first step on the Path shall be to seek diagnostic testing, which can be purchased from your local Lord High Functioning Aspergian, and, if initially testing is not successful or satisfactory, possibly re-testing. Medication shall be dispersed to those who require it in order to progress along the Path, which, again, shall be distrubuted by Lord High Aspergians, for a fee.
And so on, and so forth, until Tom Cruise is jumping up an down on Oprah's couch about it.