WTF Is Bipolar?

Or ADHD?
And why the need for all these medications?

Just because science can pinpoint the connections and receptors in the brain which enables them to discern the origin of these maladies, that does not make them true ailments.

I was ADHD and Bipolar - but my parents were pretty quick with a belt.

Cleared that ish right up.

The thing is - I just had to have my mind on many things in order to focus on any one thing.

I just needed a lot of stimulation in order to function.

Is such a condition really an ailment?

Or can the same condition be used to ones benefit?

Shouldn't kids be involved in as many things as they can handle?

Is the use of Ritalin preventing today's children from being all that they can be?