Tom cruise has ADD and it shows

Tom Cruise rarely admits that He was diagnosed as ADD as a child.

This is probably one reason he hates ADD so much. ADD is a chemical imbalance in the brain.

It is a DISORDER.
His ego apparently will not allow him to accept the fact that he has a common disorder.
This is one reason he wants to deny the existence of ADD.

ADD effects every part of ones life, in some way. Maybe just a little in some areas, and a lot in others.
Tom, and critics of Ritalin, probably think that Toms "success" proves that medication is not needed.

Well, let us discuss the word SUCCESS.
Tom dropped out of High school.
Divorced Nicole Kidman
Acts immature on national TV (jump on oprahs couch)
On TV, makes ridiculous comments like "there is no such thing as a chemical imbalance"

Is this success?
Yes he is rich and famous. However, I could name numerous dictators that owned countries and known all over the world. Were they "SUCCESSFUL"?
I don't think so.
For every ADD person(untreated with medication) who becomes rich and famous, many more than that end up with very bad out comes. Research proves this.

This is why medication is recommended. We don't know who is going to be successful and who is going to end up in prison, addicted to drugs, or dead.

The research is clear, those who are treated with medication have a better outcome than those who don't.

By the way: What would have happened if Tom had been treated with medication?

Perhaps he would have been even MORE successful.