Growing Adderall: A Psychological Analysis

As my years went on, I began to understand my brothers disorder. The constant agony my parents went through was heartbreaking to sit back at watch. It was not until my brother, Dylan Ellis, transferred to a different elementary school where his parents discovered he had ADHD. My mom, Diane Ellis, always knew that Dylan was different; he would run around the house like crazy, but the most outstanding issue that Diane found was his attention span was lower than most children. I will never forget his multiple anger outbreaks, which result in Dylan acting in an extreme physical manner. The hardest part for me, was understanding what his disability actually was. I always knew that he had to take medicine, but I never fully understood why. Growing …show more content…
Those who have ADHD are usually put on one of three major medications which should suppress one 's symptoms, and help focus and function to a regular level. According to Alex Della Santina, the author of “The Problem with Adderall”, claimed that the opinion of others came into play once she began taking Adderall to help sustain her ADHD. She took to the Columbia Spectator to express the judgement she has received by stating, “There are always the people who immediately try to shove my entire life into every ADHD- and Adderall-based stereotype they can conjure.” Santina later states that this issue became a punchline to many as Adderall became a drug to help those in need for educational purposes, she later states that this is now becoming a misconception for all ADHD medications. Dylan also agreed that those who take big name medication to help with their disorder are given an over exaggerated stereotype to classify that they are all like this, but truthfully, not a single person is like how they are often perceived. Concluding Dylan 's interview he shared that, “...living with ADHD is already tough as it is, and it makes it even harder knowing that so many people view me in a different way once they know that I have to take medicine everyday for the rest of my life, harsh...isn 't it?” Those who constantly stereotype people with ADHD need to understand that these people did not chose to live life this way, and that the stereotypes that are given to them are not all true, in addition those who do have ADHD are commonly known to be nothing how people imagine them to be. Just let that sink in for a second before an assumption is made of any