Apparently i'm a jerk

[TexasTriathlete]

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I had to take like 10 tests to get diagnosed. I did a couple with the girl in the learning center at UT. Then she sent me to a psychologist for a couple more. Then to a psychiatrist who took me through a couple more and talked to me a lot. A DO, I might add, at a time when I had never heard of DO's.

It took a couple months for the diagnosis to be complete, but it ended up being well worth it.

 

[avalon18217]

Funny I just read this today.

http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20080409/ts_afp/healthscienceresearchersdrugs;_ylt=AoG.OBWVYFuvzhwMMg8kQaas0NUE

TT: I think we're all fine with people who actually have ADD taking medication, and I don't think that any of us don't believe you.

But ironically, here we all are complaining about how it's not fair that a lot of students get away with cheating or using drugs to help them do better and we have to compete with them. Like if an athlete uses a performance enhancing drug well then they all should or it's not "fair". We just hope that those who cheat will get theirs.

 

[spazzz]

Funny I just read this today.

http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/2008040...rchersdrugs;_ylt=AoG.OBWVYFuvzhwMMg8kQaas0NUE

TT: I think we're all fine with people who actually have ADD taking medication, and I don't think that any of us don't believe you.

But ironically, here we all are complaining about how it's not fair that a lot of students get away with cheating or using drugs to help them do better and we have to compete with them. Like if an athlete uses a performance enhancing drug well then they all should or it's not "fair". We just hope that those who cheat will get theirs.

hence the streroid comment that seemingly went over TT head

 

[IDBasco]

hence the streroid comment that seemingly went over TT head

Some of us caught it and laughed...and then laughed again when it sailed over by a mile. But then, they say you can't kid a kidder. That may apply here.

 

[EEL08]

Some of us caught it and laughed...and then laughed again when it sailed over by a mile. But then, they say you can't kid a kidder. That may apply here.

That is so true of my husband. He likes to tease me a lot but I when tease him he thinks I'm being serious. 😕

 

[SAvoodoo]

they're running out of you!

HEYOOOOOOOH

/not their best seller 🙂

 

[TexasTriathlete]

Some of us caught it and laughed.

Seriously?

 

[IDBasco]

Seriously?

More a chuckle than an outright laugh. I took it that he was just making a dopey comparison/analogy/whatever. Maybe he was being completely serious...

 

[spazzz]

hence why i used the plural version.

 

[sunny1]

the professor is hitting on me and i won't put out

sherruns - I know someone who used this excuse for more than one class.

 

[Knockout Mice]

adderral is steroids for the brain.

We had an adderral problem at my undergrad. Non science students were trying to sell them to the pre-meders at the library My roommate tried it once, that was the first time I saw someone enjoy studying for the MCATs so much and giggling like a lil girl when he got practice problems correct.

 

[Polyphasic007]

This is why I hate pre-meds--- and one of the largest reasons that I chose the D0 route--- Unfounded Ego's and snobbery be damned, I won't suffer fools.

Always complaining about unfair testing=> Life's unfair- deal with it

I assume by your name that you're from Michigan--- Umich by chance?--- This school is full of undeserving, egotistical F***-o's that don't know what it's like to work for a living- Glad I'll be done and leaving in... 1.5 weeks =P


Tschuess

I agree. pre-DO's aside, the premed group are very snobby and egotistical. I personally took a year off to do some entrepreneurship internships cause their "vibe" was just so positive, and quite opposite from the premed **** I normally put up with. It's funny that healthcare people regularly hate on the business people, but from my experience, at least the business organization that I was with was very positive and taught me so many things that prehealthcare people would never bother to do, nor would be able to do. 🙂

well, while we are on the topics of drugs, has anyone tried modafinil or adrafinil? they have the same effects though modafinil is nonprescription and adrafinil is prescription. also, modafinil is much cheaper and is within range of college student budgets.

btw, how do you get some of this adderall? seems like it's prescription only. 🙂

 

[Mochajonz]

The thing that always bugged me was when people would go whine to the professor and end up getting points added on to their exam or class total.

I don't care if you didn't read the question correctly or if you thought it was worded ambiguously or whatever. We all took the same damn test. If you do that then that means we all need to go whine as well just to make it fair. I never had that kind of time when I was trying to pay my way through school and take care of my family.

I can honestly say that in my entire undergrad I never once met with a professor to see if I could weasel a few extra points out of him/her. Yet this always seemed to be the norm amongst students in my premed classes.

Bugged the crap out of me.

Most of my professors encouraged us to come in if we disagreed with a test score. They realized that the TAs grading the tests often made mistakes. I remember going to a professor one time and pointing out a TAs mistake and receiving 10 more points on a 100 point exam.

Those same professors also made it clear that they could take points away also. They would regrade your entire test. I remember one girl lost 16 points on an exam because she was trying to gain 3 points (she ended up getting her 3 points, so she actually lost a total of 19).

I went to a big university and rarely were tests the same. Most professors were so paranoid (because there are premeds that cheat) that most of them created different versions of a test. We were not allowed to wear hats, we had to sit one seat apart if room allowed, and there were upto 4 versions of tests.

Best excuse I've heard: I found out last night I might be pregnant. 👍

 

[BCLumas]

nice compassion there, OP. Other's people emotional pain that's...that's real funny.

Quote'd for truth.

 

[MJB]

I can't pay attention in class when they are lecturing about crap like ADHD and CD (this one really was a reach)...

I must have ADHD.

I need drugs.

 

[BCLumas]

I can't pay attention in class when they are lecturing about crap like ADHD and CD (this one really was a reach)...

I must have ADHD.

I need drugs.

Wow.. I find this thread full of people who trivialize legitimate mental disabilities. I am honestly surprised at TT's level-headedness with all of the asinine comments being flung around.

If your post was a joke, it wasn't very funny.

 

[MJB]

Wow.. I find this thread full of people who trivialize legitimate mental disabilities. I am honestly surprised at TT's level-headedness with all of the asinine comments being flung around.

If your post was a joke, it wasn't very funny.

All I'm saying is some of this stuff seems to be a stretch, to say the least. As much as I hear about OPP not being supported with evidence, I'm left wondering. That's all.

I have no doubt depression exists. I'm trying to keep an open mind when it comes to things like GID and CD.

And, I'm genuinely concerned with my lack of an ability to pay attn. in class.

 

[stockmanjr]

Excuses I've heard:
They didn't say what was going to be on the test.

I had an awful professor for BIO I that used to ask us exam questions that weren't covered by her awful lectures or the assigned/suggested texts! I don't expect college professors to say exactly what parts of the chapters are going to be covered but it's kinda nice to be able to learn the material from somewhere! Needless to say our class averages on exams were in the middle 50's!

 

[Saregamapadanis]

Yea, that is really common place. I feel kind of bad for those people because it is tough to resist the call of the spare cash sometimes. It doesn't feel that wrong. I've been curious about trying it and could get it in 2 minutes, but it just feels so wrong for me.

Never try Adderral to study for a stupid test, you could get a cardiac arrhythmia and die. Life is more precious than anything. Besides, I heard people who do take it also suffer from complete loss of attention 4 hours after they take it. They may also suffer from brain damage, you never know the long term effects of such things on healthy people.

 

[meggielou]

My favorite excuse was from a girl that was in just about all my bio classes. She was a picture-perfect pre-med gunner. I couldn't stand it. Anyway, we took Vertebrate Anatomy together, and everyone hated the professor. He would test us on the most myopic details about all vertebrates, including dinosaurs, and everything that was in the text/lab manual was fair game. When she didn't do well on a test, her excuse was:

"That wasn't in MY book because I bought a used copy and those two pages had been torn out."

I'm really not kidding.

 

[sexyman]

Dumbest thread ever. I would actually prefer a "Can DOs be surgeons?" thread to be honest. Even a change the DO letters or DO vs. MD thread would be better than this nonsense.

 

[TechnoViking]

Never try Adderral to study for a stupid test, you could get a cardiac arrhythmia and die. Life is more precious than anything. Besides, I heard people who do take it also suffer from complete loss of attention 4 hours after they take it. They may also suffer from brain damage, you never know the long term effects of such things on healthy people.

Oh, you heard this did you?

 

[Saregamapadanis]

Oh, you heard this did you?

yeah, i heard it from a doctor... you should certainly ask your doctor if this is true. obviously i am not qualified to give medical advice, but i am just saying, healthy people shouldn't be trying drugs meant for people who have serious conditions, its common sense!. However, yeah i heard the whole deal about what it can do. yep.

 

[Thantis]

One man's account with Provigil (modafinil): Johann Hari - "My experiment with smart drugs."

 

[skybliss]

I absolutely love med school. 👍

you're ****ing crazy

 

[FrkyBgStok]

Nice 3 year old thread bump.

 

[Iliketoytles]

KEEP IT GOING! lulz

 

[DrMaximus]

Nice 3 year old thread bump.

On the bright side... it is kind of funny to read.

Still a strange thing to bump it with...

 

[Powdermonkey]

you're ****ing crazy

Says the premed. Way to dig something out of the archives. Kinda funny that I happened to have posted in this one earlier too ha.

I actually kind of liked med school as well. The first two years, while stressful, were awesome. I learned how the human body works. It finds new ways to fascinate me weekly. Don't believe me? Go learn about conception and the thousands of things that have to happen just right for a baby to grow. Or for our bodies to function ever day. Or for you to even read this right now.

And the clinical years have been amazing as well. I'm finally getting to do what I've been waiting to do all these years.

Just sayin. My $0.02.