ADD

No one that messages up with drugs really thinks they're at risk. There's a spotlight bias that makes us think that we're above that sort of thing.

Well I'm not taking an abnormal dose. There are children who take 4-5x what I'm taking right now. I'm simply following the criteria that a doctor would. If I don't have high blood pressure or any other possible heart problems, there's no problem with the dose I'm taking. I could probably safely take a lot more than I'm taking.

So how hard was this to really get prescribed?

I'm sure if someone did enough reading about ADHD and figured out the key symptoms and signs, they could fake their way into getting diagnosed. However, most good psychiatrists will ask for the imput of friends/family/co-workers/supervisers/teachers/etc as well.

Ya, although it seems like a very common over diagnosed illness. Much like Asthma.