Comments on: Turned on, tuned in…fired up and ready to go. http://www.nazg.com/iqrai/index.php/2008/02/28/grooving-on-the-medicated-age/ Sliding down the banisters of the ivory tower. Fri, 18 May 2012 04:48:24 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.6.1 By: Julian Forney http://www.nazg.com/iqrai/index.php/2008/02/28/grooving-on-the-medicated-age/#comment-1923 Julian Forney Tue, 22 Dec 2009 21:10:45 +0000 http://www.nazg.com/iqrai/index.php/2008/02/28/grooving-on-the-medicated-age/#comment-1923 It was a very nice idea! Just wanna say thank you for the data you have distributed. Just continue penning this kind of post. I will be your loyal reader. Gives Thanks again. It was a very nice idea! Just wanna say thank you for the data you have distributed. Just continue penning this kind of post. I will be your loyal reader. Gives Thanks again.

]]> By: Iqra’i: Quick hit: A tiny concession to scientism. http://www.nazg.com/iqrai/index.php/2008/02/28/grooving-on-the-medicated-age/#comment-624 Iqra’i: Quick hit: A tiny concession to scientism. Sun, 15 Jun 2008 00:10:23 +0000 http://www.nazg.com/iqrai/index.php/2008/02/28/grooving-on-the-medicated-age/#comment-624 [...] who remember my exchange with Will about ADD (lo these many weeks ago) might be interested in this Slate piece about a study that found ADHD to [...] [...] who remember my exchange with Will about ADD (lo these many weeks ago) might be interested in this Slate piece about a study that found ADHD to [...]

]]> By: Barry http://www.nazg.com/iqrai/index.php/2008/02/28/grooving-on-the-medicated-age/#comment-179 Barry Fri, 29 Feb 2008 19:45:25 +0000 http://www.nazg.com/iqrai/index.php/2008/02/28/grooving-on-the-medicated-age/#comment-179 Whether one has ADD or ADHD should not be the issue. The issue is this, ADD/ADHD are real disorders and such, what is going to help the person operate in whatever world they choose? Whether one has ADD or ADHD should not be the issue. The issue is this, ADD/ADHD are real disorders and such, what is going to help the person operate in whatever world they choose?

]]> By: Adam Rodriques http://www.nazg.com/iqrai/index.php/2008/02/28/grooving-on-the-medicated-age/#comment-176 Adam Rodriques Thu, 28 Feb 2008 21:46:40 +0000 http://www.nazg.com/iqrai/index.php/2008/02/28/grooving-on-the-medicated-age/#comment-176 Excellent response to the RE. I may be able to shed a bit of light on the ADD/ADHD difference, as I have the latter and my brother has the former. When my brother is unable to focus, he often zones out and doesn't try to do anything at all. When I can't focus, it's because I'm trying to do too many things at once (although I sometimes do the zoning-out thing as well). There are other manifestations, of course, but they all sort of break down along those lines. Excellent response to the RE. I may be able to shed a bit of light on the ADD/ADHD difference, as I have the latter and my brother has the former. When my brother is unable to focus, he often zones out and doesn’t try to do anything at all. When I can’t focus, it’s because I’m trying to do too many things at once (although I sometimes do the zoning-out thing as well). There are other manifestations, of course, but they all sort of break down along those lines.

]]> By: Nicola http://www.nazg.com/iqrai/index.php/2008/02/28/grooving-on-the-medicated-age/#comment-174 Nicola Thu, 28 Feb 2008 18:00:28 +0000 http://www.nazg.com/iqrai/index.php/2008/02/28/grooving-on-the-medicated-age/#comment-174 The original, not yours. I suspect these things are over-prescribed, but if people taking pills they don't need is the price of having those pills there for the ones who do, I'm okay with that. The original, not yours. I suspect these things are over-prescribed, but if people taking pills they don’t need is the price of having those pills there for the ones who do, I’m okay with that.

]]> By: Dara http://www.nazg.com/iqrai/index.php/2008/02/28/grooving-on-the-medicated-age/#comment-172 Dara Thu, 28 Feb 2008 17:47:28 +0000 http://www.nazg.com/iqrai/index.php/2008/02/28/grooving-on-the-medicated-age/#comment-172 Beef with my post, or with the original? Anomie/alienation is qualitatively different from clinical depression or the isolation caused by attention disorders. That said, I'm fairly convinced ADD/ADHD is overdiagnosed, and think that depression/bipolarity might be. The difference is between difficulty in functioning and impossibility in doing so. Beef with my post, or with the original?

Anomie/alienation is qualitatively different from clinical depression or the isolation caused by attention disorders. That said, I’m fairly convinced ADD/ADHD is overdiagnosed, and think that depression/bipolarity might be. The difference is between difficulty in functioning and impossibility in doing so.

]]> By: Nicola http://www.nazg.com/iqrai/index.php/2008/02/28/grooving-on-the-medicated-age/#comment-171 Nicola Thu, 28 Feb 2008 17:42:30 +0000 http://www.nazg.com/iqrai/index.php/2008/02/28/grooving-on-the-medicated-age/#comment-171 My biggest beef is with the claim that anti-depressants are somehow shielding us from our anomie. There is an important difference between existential angst (caused, yes, by modernity -- I'll buy that) and clinical depression. If people are prescribed anti-depressants for angst and alienation, that's pretty dumb, but I'm not sure I believe it happens. My biggest beef is with the claim that anti-depressants are somehow shielding us from our anomie. There is an important difference between existential angst (caused, yes, by modernity — I’ll buy that) and clinical depression. If people are prescribed anti-depressants for angst and alienation, that’s pretty dumb, but I’m not sure I believe it happens.

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