The Teasing
The Teasing… “Drug addict, stupid, weirdo, mommy's little girl” … I can fill up an entire page with the names I was called all through primary and even into High School. When I was diagnosed there was only Ritalin, and in my case it only lasted 3 hours – you see the next dose had to start working almost immediately otherwise I dipped to such an extent that it took a while for me to balance out – so I was “safe” on my medication if I drank it every 3 hours. For this reason, I had to have 1-2 doses at school – especially once I reached High School. And even though most of the time I drank it when and where nobody could see there was always someone who did or someone who somehow knew and the name calling and the teasing came with it. I am 1.85 metres tall – was always considered the tallest in my class, I also have dark blue eyes and had ash blonde hair as a school pupil. So obviously my skin was also fare and I could not tan etc like some of the other kids – I was the scapegoat – the...