What opinions do you have on adhd (attention deficit hyperactivity disorder) and the medicines prescribed to these people? Is it ethical or medically justified?

I won’t claim for a second that I am educated enough about the human brain to know for a fact that ADD and ADHD are bogus, but there is pretty compelling evidence that at the very least these disorders are being wildly misdiagnosed. I was diagnosed with it as a child and even then the list of symptoms seemed highly irregular to me. I was told that I was “too imaginative” and “too unruly.” Even as an 8-year-old I asked myself why imagination—the trait Einstein prized above all others—and aversion to authority would be considered negative traits.

I came to two conclusions after much deliberation:

1. They wanted to dull my imagination because it was a threat to their curriculum.
2. The wanted to dull my resistance because it was a detriment to their power.

I stopped taking the Ritalin prescribed to me. I would hide it behind my tongue when they gave it to me at school and do the same thing at home. I didn’t like what was being done to me and I didn’t like my lack of consent in the matter. I strongly advise parents everywhere against ever subjecting their children to mood-altering drugs. Nothing good can come of it.

Why the fuck do you only have one post? Please give up being somewhat obliged to focus on your actual life and start posting every two minutes of every day. Thank you.

Here’s the thing. I have a general bullshit Tumblr where I post whatever tickles my fancy at any given moment. Then I have a Formspring where I answer all sorts of nifty little questions.

That Fat Atheist is strictly for content that I absolutely feel a strong urge to communicate with my audience. However, I recommend those other places too if you just can’t get enough of me. I’d also strongly suggest following me onTWITTER and FACEBOOK.

What exactly is ‘The Item Maker’ about? I don’t really know if I’m going to buy it or not, because I don’t know if you’re a good fiction-writer or not.

I could give you a corny synopsis like the publishing houses do. Something like,“THE ITEM MAKER is a HARROWING JOURNEY through the AMERICAN WEST, filled with INTRIGUE and blah blah blah.” But what does that really tell you? Nothing. It blows smoke up your ass. What I will do is give you an itemized list of things contained within this book:

• Hot Girls
• Sex, both normal and deviant
• Giant demon bears who ask riddles in the Texas desert
• Murderous vampire girls with giant tits
• Samurai
• Explicit acts of bloody violence
• Politcally incorrect humor
• Flying cars
• Suicide
• Fistfights
• A snarling misanthrope protagonist
• An ocean of corpses
• No lasting life-lessons

If that doesn’t sell you, then I don’t know what will. I’m reluctant to put out sample paragraphs until after the second draft in complete, but you will have a chance to hear the first chapter before you make your purchase.