Hi. I'm not on any meds right now, but that's not by choice. I recently moved locations, and now I'm at a rural town where it's hard to get into see a psychiatrist. There's a looonnnng waiting list.

I think you're thinking about the pills in the wrong way. There's a lot of propaganda out there yes... that having to rely on pills is "bad". And I agree to a certain extent. Having to rely on anything, like smoking weed or ingesting some codeine or drinking alcohol, to make you calm ALL THE TIME is not good.. I'd say. Same with dieting pills - easy way out doesn't always work. Heck, even some anti-depressant pills aren't the greatest.. because like a lot of psychologists say - a pill is not a skill! Pills can only do so much and you have to be motivated to carry out the rest. You have to change your own thinking about the situation so that you don't fall back into a severe depressive episode. (This is only in some cases I think, when their might be a minor related depressive episode and the doctor jumps the gone to prescribe a med that might just make you feel numb most of the time).

However, ADHD doesn't really fall into any of these classes. ADHD people who take pills aren't one of "those people". ADHD is a neurobiological condition. Pills aren't supposed to turn you into a zombie, in this case, but simply aid you in being able to focus when your brain just isn't wired to do that all the time. Pills can be extremely helpful for 80% of individuals with ADHD. The other 20% unfortunately are unaffected by the pills.

Pills are not morals. They don't work off a belief system. They're just meant to treat a medical condition. Nothing bad about that.

It's like getting a prescription for eyeglasses if you were near-sighted. What would you tell the person to do instead? Squint harder?