Well, you are entitled to your own opinion.
Maybe you should have tried a different type of medication before you chalked the whole thing up to a doctor's inferiority complex.
I was always extremely strong in math and science classes (when I actually bothered to do the homework), but struggled in anything else that didn't captivate me the way math or computers did.
I wasn't "officially" diagnosed until I was in college, and this was after just sliding by with a 2.7 GPA for three years. I always suffered from the "inattentive" symptoms rather than the "hyperactive" ones.
I got a prescription for Ritalin, and I found that it didn't help me study one bit. In fact I was bouncing off the walls, driving my wife crazy, generally acting like a 6-year-old on Jolt Cola.
Two weeks later I tried Adderall, and the difference was quite real. I found it to be less of a "mind supressor", and more of a focusing aid. Instead of having spurious thoughts that would drag me off to distraction whenever I needed to concentrate (i.e. homework-time), I could now reign in my rambling thoughts and focus on the task at hand, even if it seemed tedious at the time.
In a matter of weeks, I found myself finishing homework during class, getting tedious work out of the way quickly to give myself more spare time in the evening. I stopped forgetting about assignments, tests, meetings, not locking my keys in the car, etc, and could finally perform up to my full potential in *all* my classes, not just the ones I didn't get bored with after 5 minutes.
During the last year of college, I got straight A's (only a single A-minus) in courses that were as hard, if not harder, than the ones I had been failing, retaking, and marginally performing.
It's my opinion that this disorder is real, and not some excuse for laziness, underperformance, or any other chalked-up scheme by doctors or parents.
You really should consider Adderall, or some other treatment before you write off the whole thing.
Good luck.
I occasionally have this problem. VR-type headsets send me running to the bathroom immediately, but never had a problem with Doom. Only occasional trouble with the Quake series, and had a short bout when I first started to play HALO, which I was able to correct.
The problem I've noticed is when the images you see from the game become convincing enough, or overwhelming enough that they actually start to convince your brain that what happens on the screen is real-life.
I suppose that I didn't get sick from older games because it just wasn't realistic enough, or I had a smaller monitor, or side-scrolling games don't really trick the mind into thinking I'm moving.
My solution, back up from the screen and take your eyes off of it for a second whenever you get a break in the action, and don't catch yourself constantly staring at the same point all the time. When it takes up a smaller part of my field-of-view, my mind doesn't get tricked into thinking I'm actually in the game, so I don't get sick.
This worked like a charm last week when I started feeling a little queasy playing HALO in my living room. Was about 4 ft from my 27" TV. After moving back to about 7-8 ft, symptoms disappeared! Not moving randomly about like a spaz in the game is a good idea. When your brain has a chance to anticipate the movement (ie. when you are in control instead of your buddy), you tend not to get sick. That's why passengers in fighter jets always toss their lunch about 5 seconds in while the pilot is just fine.
PS: Staying cool helps for me as well.
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Well, you are entitled to your own opinion. Maybe you should have tried a different type of medication before you chalked the whole thing up to a doctor's inferiority complex. I was always extremely strong in math and science classes (when I actually bothered to do the homework), but struggled in anything else that didn't captivate me the way math or computers did. I wasn't "officially" diagnosed until I was in college, and this was after just sliding by with a 2.7 GPA for three years. I always suffered from the "inattentive" symptoms rather than the "hyperactive" ones. I got a prescription for Ritalin, and I found that it didn't help me study one bit. In fact I was bouncing off the walls, driving my wife crazy, generally acting like a 6-year-old on Jolt Cola. Two weeks later I tried Adderall, and the difference was quite real. I found it to be less of a "mind supressor", and more of a focusing aid. Instead of having spurious thoughts that would drag me off to distraction whenever I needed to concentrate (i.e. homework-time), I could now reign in my rambling thoughts and focus on the task at hand, even if it seemed tedious at the time. In a matter of weeks, I found myself finishing homework during class, getting tedious work out of the way quickly to give myself more spare time in the evening. I stopped forgetting about assignments, tests, meetings, not locking my keys in the car, etc, and could finally perform up to my full potential in *all* my classes, not just the ones I didn't get bored with after 5 minutes. During the last year of college, I got straight A's (only a single A-minus) in courses that were as hard, if not harder, than the ones I had been failing, retaking, and marginally performing. It's my opinion that this disorder is real, and not some excuse for laziness, underperformance, or any other chalked-up scheme by doctors or parents. You really should consider Adderall, or some other treatment before you write off the whole thing. Good luck.
I occasionally have this problem. VR-type headsets send me running to the bathroom immediately, but never had a problem with Doom. Only occasional trouble with the Quake series, and had a short bout when I first started to play HALO, which I was able to correct. The problem I've noticed is when the images you see from the game become convincing enough, or overwhelming enough that they actually start to convince your brain that what happens on the screen is real-life. I suppose that I didn't get sick from older games because it just wasn't realistic enough, or I had a smaller monitor, or side-scrolling games don't really trick the mind into thinking I'm moving. My solution, back up from the screen and take your eyes off of it for a second whenever you get a break in the action, and don't catch yourself constantly staring at the same point all the time. When it takes up a smaller part of my field-of-view, my mind doesn't get tricked into thinking I'm actually in the game, so I don't get sick. This worked like a charm last week when I started feeling a little queasy playing HALO in my living room. Was about 4 ft from my 27" TV. After moving back to about 7-8 ft, symptoms disappeared! Not moving randomly about like a spaz in the game is a good idea. When your brain has a chance to anticipate the movement (ie. when you are in control instead of your buddy), you tend not to get sick. That's why passengers in fighter jets always toss their lunch about 5 seconds in while the pilot is just fine. PS: Staying cool helps for me as well.