Dear world, but especially Teen Wolf fandom.

[sami]

I am going to tell you something very important here: ADD/ADHD drugs do not hype up people who actually have those disorders. They calm us down. Mostly, they give us focus. Any remaining hyperactive behaviour is either the degree to which the disorder continues to affect the individual despite the medication, or a factor of personality and/or mood.

e.g. When Stiles approaches Scott talking at a hundred miles an hour and then, when Scott stares at him, says that he had lots of Ritalin? That scene plays, to someone like me, i.e. a person with adult ADHD, as an incredibly familiar moment. Stiles isn't citing his Ritalin to explain why he's hyper, he's defensively pointing out that he has had Ritalin and therefore the appropriate response at this point is not to tell him to go take his meds, he's being hyper because of the situation. Which, justified.

I'm kind of in love with Teen Wolf's having a character who's been shown to have ADHD but who is still functional with it and awesome. I've read some good Teen Wolf fic, but wow, do some fics fail at ADHD.

My pet peeves include:

- "hyped up on Ritalin" (see above)
- references to Adderall - only forgivable if it turns out he's switched in season 2, which I haven't watched yet, but certainly as of the end of season 1, Stiles takes Ritalin, and these things are not interchangeable
- one fic which even referred to "Adderol" in the summary. Sorry, if you can't even spell the name of the incorrect drug you are suggesting he takes, you have done way, WAY too little research into the condition to be allowed to talk about it, and if you're going to write Stiles, you need to leave the ADHD stuff as undiscussed background.

I realise that to many people ADD and ADHD are jokes, not real and serious conditions which cause significant learning disabilities and substantial impacts on lifestyle.

Those people can bite me.

Comments

[flamebyrd]

I'm only watching the pilot now, but Stiles says "I've had a lot of Adderall" in it, not Ritalin?

Not that I don't think the rest of this post is a very valid point.

[sami]

*blink* Maybe there are two versions, or something, because not only did I hear Ritalin, but Jen and I had this whole conversation, because Ritalin isn't legal most places that aren't America, etc.

I'll have to rewatch later. If I'm wrong I'll be confused, but will also redact being annoyed with people who give him Adderall.

[sami]

Chas: "Maybe it's illegal to mention it in Canadia (sic)."

[sami]

ahahaha and then he nearly said "Canadans" instead of "Canadians"

[flamebyrd]

I'm watching a downloaded copy with an MTV logo on it, so it's not the Canadian version!

Where did yours come from?

[sami]

Same one, I think - def' has the MTV logo, so! Craziness.

[flamebyrd]

OK, I had to look it up myself. XD In the first episode, Scott asks Stiles how much Adderall he's had that day, but in episode 2, at about 14:13, Stiles says "And yes, I've had a lot of Adderall". So both of them say it. *scratches head*

[sami]

Weird! I wonder what's up in my head with that.

But hey, that's the same medication I take, essentially, so I can definitely know how it works if I end up writing Teen Wolf fic.

[sami]

okay, I just scanned through the episode and the scene I've found, it's Scott asking how much Adderall he's had, but I'm sure I remember Stiles saying Ritalin, so... argh. It *could* be Scott being dumb and Stiles not bothering to argue, it could be me misremembering, now I need to watch EVERYTHING AGAIN but then hey, I was going to maybe show it to Chas anyway.

[velithya]

I LOVE THIS SHOW

for many reasons! But mostly for Derek. <.<

As I said this morning

[velithya]

THE LAST LINE OF YOUR POST ABOUT TEEN WOLF INVITED THE FANDOM TO BITE YOU

:D