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I agree. It's the stigma that I'm talking about. Medicating yourself to adjust your ability to focus in order to perform your job? Like I said, count me in for
by DanielBMarkham 13y ago
I agree. It's the stigma that I'm talking about. Medicating yourself to adjust your ability to focus in order to perform your job? Like I said, count me in for that.
As a society we're going to have to accept that people are different, and that people may need various medications to adjust their performance capabilities to do various things. That doesn't make these people broken! Simply because you are taking some chemical to do X doesn't mean that you are disabled.
This is going to be a big leap for society. Up until now it's all been "If you need drugs, it must be because there's something wrong with you!" Well, not really. We're all "broken" in various degrees....
- JohnBooty 13y agoYeah. The stigma is a terrible thing, possibly the worst thing about it. I never, ever mention ADHD in a workplace[1]. Too many misconceptions, and too many people willing to assume that you're trying to make "excuses." If I have a specific need, such as having a quiet work area for concentration's sake, I don't ever shy away from making my case for it. But I never present it in the context of "having ADHD." [1] Although perhaps future employers will Google me and see this discussion. :)