Take Your Pills (2018)

It is common in America to take shortcuts (like drugs) for enhancing productivity. It is a simple, painless, and quick method. In reality, these perceived enhancements are just people creating their own reality. School is really boring. Getting A's is really just regurgitating all the lies and unnecessary memorization of facts that your subconscious mind finds repulsive. The placebo effect of taking Adderall and other ADHD drugs is convincing your mind that the drug will permit your rebellious mind to be more obedient. Pro athletes, programmers, and financial traders who believe in the effects of these drugs are really experiencing a self-fulfilling prophesy (creating their own reality.) By believing and subscribing to the notion that one has to compete at a superhuman level to succeed is the collective turning a myth into a reality.

This movie does not provide scientific evidence for how medication can support and improve many symptoms for people clinically diagnosed and living with ADHD.The documentary addresses the issue of legalised addiction to speed, which is a completely separate debate, argument and concern. Very separate to the medical purpose these medications serve. Clearly the abuse of these drugs needs addressing yet not under the banner of anti-ADHD with the outcome further stigmatising people with this condition. If your life is touched by ADHD and or you or your child benefit from these life saving medical treatments - then my suggestion NOT to watch this film.

This movie does not remove the stigma surrounding ADHD medications, it intensifies the stigma.

3/17/18. This documentary certainly goes a long way in shedding light on why there is a drug epidemic in the U.S. It tries to be even-handed in presenting the problem of substance abuse as a coping mechanism for people trying to deal with peer pressure to succeed and excel by leveling the playing field through the use of drugs. Not necessarily the best answer to life's problems. One issue that wasn't discussed, and probably should be, is the growing addictiveness of Technology. A growing number of studies are showing that excessive electronic use is affecting mental health and increasing distractions that compromises one's ability to focus. Rather than learning how to overcome Technology addiction, young people are looking to drugs as the answer when all they need to do is learn how to manage their electronics.