If I was trying to accomplish anything it was simply succeeding at doing something extremely difficult. It is very easy to “do” in a dream, it is exceedingly difficult to “do nothing”. I set this as a goal because I wanted to accomplish something that I had never done before. The end result is that I now have far greater control over my lucid dreams. This is a nice perk indeed. Some research indicates that meditation actually causes physical changes in the brain. My hope is that these changes will increase the quantity and quality of my lucid dreams.

As for the difference between meditating within the dream world verses the waking world, I don’t know. I have considered trying to get in contact with a neurologist or two to see if they might have any insight.

What you did was the correct thing to do. You didn’t use your “disorder” as a crutch and you attempted to overcome it. Sure, you struggled as we all do, but you wouldn’t allow yourself to be doped up or be called stupid. I too have always had trouble making friends but so what? Dr. Seus got it right when he said “those that matter don’t mind, and those that mind don’t matter.” I wouldn’t want to be friends with anyone who wouldn’t want to have me as a friend anyhow. In any case, you are the exception, not the rule. It is my honest belief that ADD/ADHD are SEVERELY over/misdiagnosed and that the majority of cases are simply the natural result of kids being bored… which is often caused by ill-informed teachers who simply don’t know how to keep kids attention when covering boring topics. It’s also caused by the fact that kids are not taught HOW to learn, only that they must, and even then they’re not taught why they must, or why the reason the propose are relevant at all.

Regardless of whether ADD/ADHD exists, and whether or not I’m “a giant douchebag with shit for brains” you do realize that you took the course of action that I suggested? You didn’t use your disorder as a crutch and you tried to overcome and accept your own shortcomings without allowing them to dope you up. That was my entire point from the start. If we treat all kids like this, teach them how to learn, teach them discipline, teach them to overcome/accept their differences and stop trying to dope up the deviants, I think we would be much better off. It won’t cure what we call ADD/ADHD, and for those that have it, it will always be a struggle (as it seems to be for the both of us), but it will help a lot more than doping people up.

On a side note, you don’t have to apologize for thinking anything, even if it is thinking ill of someone. I’m fine with your opinion of me. I happen to disagree, but that’s neither here nor there. I also don’t really think you’re sorry… and that’s okay too. :P