a_problem_is_not_an_identity epitome of incomprehensibility ...Because, for one, a person with Problem A won't be the same as another person with Problem A. They'll have different bodies and personalities. The way Problem A manifests itself, too, might be markedly different. And they might need completely treatments. OK, to be more concrete, take me and a still-in-college person I know. We both have ADHD, but she has trouble sitting down and focusing while my problems are deadlines and time management, especially in unfamiliar and anxiety-producing situations. We both took Vyvanse (lisdexamfetamine dimesylate) at different points - she found it helped her a lot. She could sit down and concentrate and plan her study time, and it didn't give her side effects. As for me, I had a horrible experience with it. At the dose where it actually helped me with getting work done, it also reduced my appetite so that I wasn't eating enough and it increased my heart rate/anxiety. (It's a stimulant and stimulants don't seem to like me much. I don't take much caffeine for that reason.) unhinged wrote in bipolar_vs_schiz: "maybe it would help you to have a doctor that recognizes the difference and gives you the best possible treatment". Definitely. It was a general practitioner who prescribed the Vyvanse. Thing is, I didn't know he was a GP, I thought he was a psychiatrist, and I was a bit angry when I found out. I had to ask the school specifically if I could see a psychiatrist (by the way, she said to stop taking that particular drug; maybe it would help in the future to take a non-stimulant one like Strattera, but for now I'm doing work that doesn't involved vaguely-defined projects with strict deadlines, so I'm more or less managing.) 160901 ... e_o_i She = psychiatrist. (I mean in that last paragraph. Not all people who identify with women are psychiatrists. Some of us are optometrists and proofreaders and stuff.) 160901 ... e_o_i Meant identify as, not identify with. I CANNOT ENGLISH TODAY. 160901 ... e_o_i Maybe it's more a problem when we think of identity as one thing, as a be-all, end-all. We contain multitudes. But I'm prone to platitudes because I haven't eaten lunch yet. 220611 what's it to you? who go blather from