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Covered in and used as a justification for [[Flowers for Algernon Syndrome]].
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== [[Comics]] ==
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== [[Web Comics]] ==
* In ''[[A Miracle of Science]]'', Manny underdoses his anti-[[Science -Related Memetic Disorder]] medication due to it making thinking harder, but ends up going back on the meds once he gets caught. It's never explicitly stated how much Manny altered his dosage, but Prester remarks that you have to take the full dosage for it to actually ''work'' at suppressing his SRMD. It's a nasty situation; without the meds, his programming skills can practically twist the laws of physics. With them, he's mediocre at best. Of course, without them, he's also prone to making plans of [[World Domination]], whipping out an [[Evil Laugh]], and just generally being a [[Mad Scientist]].
* Tragically subverted in [[Goblin Hollow]] [http://www.rhjunior.com/GH/00352.html here]
* In ''[[The Last Days of Foxhound]]'', Ocelot throws away his medication for [[Chronic Backstabbing Disorder]] just before finally beginning the series of betrayals he's been plotting for years.
* ''[[Homestuck]]'': [[Erudite Stoner|Gamzee Makara]] is a nice guy who considers everybody his friends and would rather eat pies with imps than fight them. {{spoiler|[[Monster Clown|Then]] [[Kill 'Em All|he]] [[Ax Crazy|sobers up...]]}}
* In ''[[Sinfest]]'', [http://www.sinfest.net/archive_page.php?comicID=3187 Fuschia spits out her medicine]. Given that the problem is that [[Love Redeems|falling in love is making her better]], it ends better than most.
* A recent strip of ''[[Penny Arcade]]'' depicts Tycho looking over the last few strips he'd written while his Lexapro prescription had run out and marveling at his creativity. Gabe also called him out that during that time he was also [http://penny-arcade.com/comic/2012/01/09 "wrestling with demons of the mind".]
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== [[Western Animation]] ==
* ''[[The Simpsons]]'' had one where Bart takes "Focusyn" to combat ADHD, and it makes him wicked paranoid. Major League Baseball is out to get us! Turns out...Major League Baseball ''was'' out to get us. Not quite a [[Broken Aesop]], not quite a [[Rule Abiding Rebel]], [[Rule of Funny|just another Simpsons plot with no actual point.]]
* In ''[[Justice League Unlimited]]'', Flash villain The Trickster isn't actually a bad sort, but only taking his medication "when he's down" means he's also open to the delusions that make him go out and commit crimes. At the time Flash confronts him, both over the medication and to find out information, he isn't even aware he's in costume until it's pointed out to him. Said scene was an in-joke of sorts to the dramatic difference between the short-lived live action ''[[The Flash (TV)|The Flash]]'' series, which portrayed Trickster as an insane Joker-rip off and the comic version of Trickster, who is more or less a villainous conman, who by the late 1990s had fallen into [[Anti -Hero]] territory as far as aiding the Flash against his former villainous allies. The fact that cartoon Trickster was voiced by [[Mark Hamill]], who played the live action version of Trickster (as well as voicing the Joker in the [[DCAU]]) added to the wink-wink to the audience.
* In one episode of ''[[King of the Hill]]'', Bobby is (apparently mis-) diagnosed with ADD, and abandoning the medication is seen as good. In another, however, Kahn goes off his manic-depression meds and despite his mania practically being a [[Disability Superpower]], it's soon apparent that he ''really needed'' those pills.
 
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