In college, at the age of 20, my friend went to the University Health Services and got herself a diagnosis of Attention Deficit Disorder, complete with a prescription for Ritalin, to boot.
I thought the whole thing was bullshit. If she was so crippled from ADD, how had she managed to get into Yale University? And if she had managed so well until now without drugs, why start now?
"What are your symptoms?" I asked. She proceeded to list symptoms which basically amounted to getting easily distracted while sitting at her computer and writing papers. To which I responded, "Dude, I have those symptoms, too." To which she responded, "Maybe you also have ADD."
To which I responded, with exasperation, "I don't have ADD! And neither do you."
My friend only took her Ritalin when she had to study for a big exam or write a big paper, which I basically considered the equivalent of cheating and taking speed.
But, ethics aside, man I wish I had some Ritalin right now.
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