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Hot take: it's not a disability. But that might just be my misunderstanding.
A disability doesn't improve with medicine. Stimulants are undeniably effective in controlling ADHD. A disability would be dyslexia, dyscalcula(sp?). My ex wife had all three. When she took her meds, like me, she'd calm way down and be able to focus on what she chose. However, despite decades of work, she still struggles reading and doing basic math.
Edit: ok, fine those are good points. But y'all don't get it. That would mean I have a disability, and while, objectively, yes, that makes sense, it would mean that I am not capable of perfection, which can't be true as everyone expects perfection of me, and if I can't be perfect undisabled I'm certainly not perfect disabled. I can't be disabled. If I'm disabled that makes me a target for persecution and I like not being persecuted a lot
Edit 2: holy shit I just realized the downvotes mean I was right about it being a hot take lol
So if there is a solution that is somewhat effective at medicating a disability it isn't a disability ?
Stimulants are effective but they don't make ADHD disappear
I'm already knee deep in this shit, so why not -
She still can't stairs
I still can't keep my focus while reading. Like it's to the point where I got through college while reading maybe a sum total of 30 pages between all the books I was supposed to read in all my classes, between literature and textbooks and published papers. It was nearly fucking impossible and it literally almost killed me a couple of times, but reading through the books was actually impossible for me. I couldn't do it. I really tried with everything I had. No matter how much I read the words, my brain could not bring the ideas from page to concept, I could not stay present. I probably technically read the words of hundreds of pages while in college, but they were nothing more than markings on the page with associated sounds.
For me it is a disability. There are things that I am unable to do. I can still accomplish things, but I am not always able to do it the same way as someone else, and in that way it is a disability. Medication helps, but the problem is always there for me.