Why must every eccentricity be diagnosed.

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Oh, I'm not so sure about that. I read an article in one of the UK papers that stated that the water supply of London tested positive for Prozac. These kind of pills are easy to prescribe and I think prescribed mostly as cost-cutting measures If a doctor can't figure out your problem in 15 minutes, you get an anti-depressant. Teachers push anphetamines as a means for student control.

On the other hand, there are people in chronic pain who must suffer because doctors won't prescribe narcotics. I suppose they think dependency would be a poorer quality of life than being in constant excruciating pain? American doctors like anti-depressants because they believe them to be relatively harmless and non-addictive.

So, no, America only gets to pop relatively harmless pills because it is cheaper than cognitive behavioral therapy or other non-drug therapies.

As far as the original topic, ADHD does not equate with being eccentric. It is a real problem for many people because the way the world is today. Those were the kind of people who went off and blazed frontiers and were able to live in a world that required hyperfocus, not hundreds of little boring tasks to be performed. The US probably has more than their fair share of those type of people because we are descendants of exiles and undesirables who probably did not fit well into society.

Not all countries are obsessed with giving a pill for every condition,some countries like England will often give medication as a last try,especially when it comes to ADHD,as GPs won't deal with the meds for it [at least here,they don't],and are so ignorant of it they think the adult is after the high effects of stimulants rather than wanting to gain some control over life.
They have been more freely medicating for depression though,and they are trying to change that.

Without Dx, I'm labeled weird, trouble-maker, wounded animal, etc.
With Dx, I will substitute the label AS. Then I can tell people to leave me alone and stop trying to make me like them. And I'll try occupational therapy. But mostly, it'll set me free to be myself without apology.

Inventor, wait up! I'm still reading!

Interesting.

It is all relative. If you're deemed "one of the most functional people" your doctor has heard of, then you are pronounced normal. Doesn't matter what may be going on behind the scenes, in your mind. So, "normal" is actually a measure of how well you go with the flow of society -- not a scientific status.

The thing is, there is no "autism med" or "Asperger's pill". So there's no reason why a doctor who wants to "push pills" should diagnose a client with AS.

No, I did not get my title from a wikipedia article.

L is awesome.

L is a Aspie.

P.S. Thank you all for your replys.

Mostly for insurance purposes.

lol I like that one the best



ok and to all the other really long posts and whatnot.

My older sister is suffering from a lack of common sense and extreme stupidity can i get pills for that?

"Yes she has ***** syndrome"

replace ****** with random oversized unneeded word

Yes!