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Well what happens is, some disorders are real in that they have very clear diagnostic criteria, others are purely made up to sell pills (which is really what this entire thing is about).
Even real disorders (or in our case, a mere difference), eventually the psychiatrists will LOOK for a label to slap on someone, even if they have to exagerate the symptoms. Because it's money, they want to sell pills. Pharmecuetical companies and psychiatrists have this scheme all worked out.
What ends up happening is that people with false disorders end up playing "disabled", either for false identity security, societal pity, maybe a free ride on a government check, or any number of reasons. There are many people on here who claim to be AS who are not, a diagnosis doesn't mean a thing. This has happened with AD(H)D too, which I actually now believe was a minor disorder but now it's kinda hard to take someone seriously when they say they have it, because of all the fakers. Fakers take away a major part of the identity and community voice away from those they impersonate..... Kinda like if a guy dressed up in drag and tried to speak for women (especially if it's something on female issues), it's kinda the same ball and chain.
really it's just another example of how corporations create illness in society and profit off of it. Most of those pills aren't adequately tested, they don't always know what the side effects will be. I'm willing to bet the DEA has a cut in it somewhere, otherwise they'd shut the scheme down (or one would think).

Yeah,
It seems that whenever a pharmy company finds that a chemical causes some specific effect, they locate the antipode of that effect - label it as some new "disease" and go for FDA approval. Then a few years after the multimedia marketing program drumms up sales and brings in a few billion dollars, and after a few unfortunates have been killed by the new "drug" that chemical is taken as quietly as possible off the market.
I saw on some site on the web and a few years ago a silvery object that looked a lot like a malt shop spoon. but this was a lobotamy spoon. and one good doctor had used this one spoon MORE THAN 20,000 TIMES!
I am kinda suspicious of the doctors messing with my brain set. Especially as being an Aspie and high genius (not proud of that, by the way, I had nothing to do with attaining it - was just there), and so well outside the norms. I dinna want mundanes messing me up: I am messy enough.

I agree with both ends of your statement. It seems a lot of doctors are too quick to treat nearly anything with a pharmaceutical cocktail, even if they aren't sure of the diagnosis. I did have one doc who preferred therapy over drugs, but neither seemed to help me. Over the years, I have been given 4 different meds for my ADD, none of which worked well, and all of which had annoying side-effects (some of those weren't even listed on the papers); I have been off my meds for about 3 years now because I can't afford to go to a shrink, let alone pay for the meds. That's the catch-22 of living in Florida: I make enough to afford insurance, but not enough to afford to use it because of co-pays and deductibles.
As for my AS, I am clinically undiagnosed, and I was not even aware there were drugs for it, but why would I want them if it not a disease? I think the best thing (at least for me) is simply to understand which behaviors are likely caused by AS and ADD and work around them.
By the way, having both makes it real interesting: I crave routines and order, and yet my ADD distracts me so I can't get organized enough to have a routine. I sometimes feel that one compensates for the other,or that they are tearing me apart from two different directions.

i am not 100% sure i have AS, but i treat myself like i do. i have seen 3 doctors, 2 said i had it; and one said i don't, its something else that he didn't know what it was. i find that kind of an odd diagnosis. but this was when i was younger though. maybe i should go see one now that i'm 18, and therefore an adult, and see what he says.

I have always thought ADHD was nonsense.
These are kids which teachers cannot control. What has this to do with dysfunction ?
Maybe the problem lies with the teachers. I mean, how many people with low-attention spans or diagnosed with ADHD can play intricate computer games for hours and hours. Maybe it is the teachers who should be given amphetamines.
But make it official and you can sell some drugs.

Same with depression.
I am not saying SSRI's do not help peoples lives; they have helped me previously, but maybe i would have improved without them.

As for fakers:
From the amount of money that these drug companies make from selling such pharmaceuticals.
Some 'false positive' diagnoses would surely increase profit margin.

Richard Bandler (NLP founder) said of Ritalin that if it sppped up adults and slows down kids, then give it to the teachers so that they can keep up with the kids.

Ritalin is crap. Adderall is the s**t.

To think of the trouble i had as a student trying to find decent speed.
Youth of today dont know how lucky they are.