Yes 'ADD' is brain malfunction and 'depression' is the same. It doesnt occur to anyone that just like if you lose somebody you'll be sad, if you've lost more and stuff pile up... you'll be worse for longer. Nor does it occur to them if you're scared of your angry boss or teacher you're together with every day you'll be anxious. They've no sense of cause and effect. Things just happen.

I've encountered a variety of types of meditation and I can understand the different varieties of reactions as well. I think the not thinking and the being in present time can be great. On the other hand Im not fond of chakras...

My greatest 'gain' is the knowing Im a spirit which has in turn brought about other good changes...has made living much lighter.

I disagree about psychedelics. I think they make the mind become more intense and run uncontrollably; just like when somebody's very ill and hallucinates. I also think it could be a good reason why the hippies -that were huge back then- got dissolved and became customers of the docs. After all LSD had initially been made by them. But Im no authority. You can know better by yourself. :)