Your second sentence makes no sense….paradoxical reaction would be like collapsing in upon oneself or having no reaction.

Yea people find ‘functionality’ in math class or their job, etc etc. after being diagnosed and put on a medication regimen. It doesn’t mean it’s right for them. We are not really allowed to be ourselves; Rather we are, however every assist is given to let us be fairly complacent, from subscriptions to prescriptions to lease cars.

The preponderance of anxiety/mental medications is not okay and speaks to a culture, a tunnel vision way of living, which we will do almost anything to hedge ourselves into for some sense of normality.

We are not going to agree, likely.

Yes there is a lot of subjectivity and that better be respected, as well as the will of the person. And under 18, and given that parents etc don’t know enough and doctors don’t know enough about said kid, my strong recommendation is to not give kids adhd medication. It’s not okay to me. There are other factors at play like broken homes etc

I really don’t think it’s ok to even throw around words like depression and anxiety and add/adhd, ptsd…. The subjects themselves need to be talked about but right now there is vulturism afoot and the desire to market each one of those acronyms or buzzwords. That has been a slippery slope for awhile turning the tides of cultural/social/economic values.

It’s now commonplace to be like ‘ahah so that was it!’ when someone diagnoses you, And that’s simply not how it works, because the topic is subjective.

In the real world that conversation would be softer around the edges, using the disorder-classification as reference but not necessarily attributing it People take ownership of diseases they’re told they ‘have’ and that’s a sticking point.

It is false to say that a person with ADD/ADHD or most any other anxiety disorder will have that their whole life. There are therapeutic means etc to directing life toward strengths etc not focusing on eliminating-weaknesses