Paris Hilton: A.D.D. & Sympathy?
For the first time in the Paris Hilton saga, I now a have glimmer of understanding about the demons lurking deep within this wackadoodle of a celebrity poodle whom we seem to so loath and adore. I maybe even have some sympathy for her. Maybe.
This is because of the news that the Heiress Paris apparently suffers from “extreme” Attention Deficit Disorder and claustrophobia, two anxiety-related disorders that do not forgive her transgressions but may help explain the decision of Los Angeles County Sheriff Lee Baca to spring her from a jail after only three days and place her under home confinement before she was unceremoniously yanked back to the slammer.
I know zip about claustrophobia, being relievedly free of that bad bit of business, but I know a great deal about ADD because of a close relative who has had to live with it, a task made more difficult by his great intelligence.
In a classic case of the “cure” being arguably worse than the disease, this relative long suffered from the pernicious effects of Ritalin, the oft-prescribed ADD and Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder (ADHD) fighter. He would be Ritalin free on weekends during the school year and over the summer, but needed his fix if he was to make it through the school day. His father, also an ADD sufferer, was not so fortunate and took his own life, blaming his son and those who loved him the most in a suicide note for his tortured life.
As it is, Gay Paree apparently is taking Adderall for her ADD, which like Ritalin has a high potential for abuse.
Not everyone is inclined to be as understanding as I am.
A very angry blogger at The Populist who says he himself has ADHD, suffered through daily doses of Ritalin for 14 years and was a school dropout as a result simply does not believe that the Hotel Heiress With the Bad Wig is an ADD sufferer:
“I don’t normally get my apples in a uproar over something silly like this, But when I see people who are just guilty of or are born with a bad case of blatant stupidity, try and blame their behavior on ADHD I tend to get a little ticked. It’s an INSULT to those of us, who have struggled with ADHD all of our lives.â€
Oh well.
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10 Responses to “Paris Hilton: A.D.D. & Sympathy?”
Yeah… and I’m grumpy because I’m in my monthly period.
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ADD…
Humans (especially kids) are not designed to sit still and concentrate on one thing all day. It’s not a disease, it’s human nature.
It is a travesty that we pump our kids full of drugs to repress the energy that goes along with youth.
What Chris said.
Of course, it’s quite possible Paris has ADD.
She’s an a affluent white person with good health insurance, which seems to be the biggest “risk” category for the disease.
ADD I guess I can believe, but the claustrophobia I have a difficult time believing. This individual jet sets across the globe in a private jet (I assume she’s not flying coach w/ the rest of us). Planes are rather small inside. That one just doesn’t ring true.
The fact that she broke the law and doesn’t think the time she received should apply to her is what pisses me off the most.
Well, that and the fact that she is a multi millionaire w/ the IQ of a tennis ball.
Don’t confuse attention deficit disorder with what is a likely legacy of not being told “no” too often during childhood.
Jim B:
You have insulted tennis balls everywhere!
As I too have ADHD and claustraphobia, I can’t stand the spoiled brat but have sympathy for her.
On the ADD part:
To me having this sometimes does feel like a disease. If my mom would of never let me try meds I probably wouldn’t of known who I am. –I probably would of drop out of high school and listened to the teachers that don’t believe in us*(ADD/ADHD/LD etc.).It is like something taking over you and holding you back from the things that you want to do. It is caused by a brain malfunction, our brains do not make enough neurotransmitters so that means not all the signals are sent to out nerves.—Meaning that info. sent from the brain is lost
for ex.
remebering a sentence you just read.
-it is hard to explain what it is like-like losing reception on your phone lol
Taking meds is like putting the last piece of the puzzle together and making you whole.
~So I can kind of understand if it was medication related
Claustraphobia:
I don’t think that she has claustraphobia because if she did she wouldn’t like big crowds which is a symptom of claustraphobia.
Moi? Angry? Surly you jest?
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