Review of Take Your Pills (2018) by Meglex1 — 21 Mar 2018

Complete misrepresentation of ADHD and the actual purpose of Adderall. Instead of focusing on what Adderall actually does for those who have a diagnosis (e.g. allow basic functioning), the takeaway message is one that reads somewhere between "ADHD is made-up" and "everyone should have access to these pills because they're MAGIC and there are no consequences.

" The only things well done in the film were the actual editing/film quality (not content), the history of the medication & it's development, and the explanation of the mechanism and neurobiological pathways it works on.

There was so much opportunity to blow open the misconceptions of ADHD, but instead of painting an accurate picture of what unmedicated life looks like for a majority of people (perpetual tardiness because of a lack of comprehension of time, social problems because of an inability to remember birthdays and deadlines and a lack of a filter, perception of the most basic tasks being entirely overwhelming, a life ruled by disorganization and piles), they continued to focus on hyperactivity and distractibility.

Very few statements made that were actually backed by science. As an individual with ADHD, it was indescribably hard to feel like the filmmakers were perpetuating the idea many of us have heard growing up; "this is all your fault, you don't have a disorder, you need to try harder.

" Additionally, not nearly enough discussion on the negative side effects/long term effects of taking these pills.