ADHD Is A Fictitious Disease

[lucky4034]

In society's headlong rush to absolve people of any personal responsibility for their actions, almost every antisocial behavior has now been classified as a "disease".

I agree....


I think there are people other there who may require some kind of stimulant to help them focus.... but ADHD is WAY over diagnosed. They hand that diagnosis and the accompanying drugs out like candy.

 

[IndyDave1776]

In society's headlong rush to absolve people of any personal responsibility for their actions, almost every antisocial behavior has now been classified as a "disease".

I agree....


I think there are people other there who may require some kind of stimulant to help them focus.... but ADHD is WAY over diagnosed. They hand that diagnosis and the accompanying drugs out like candy.

I believe we are on the same page. The medical model of deviance has been way overplayed for ideology and profit.

 

[Johnny C]

I thought it was fictitious until life experiences shown me otherwise.

What can I say? Couldnt focus and climbed the walls when I was in elementary school and got Fs and the occasional D. Went on Ritalin and started getting As and Bs.

At this point in life, not on drugs anymore and concentrating is difficult if there is anything else going on. So I would have to say ADHD is a real....

LOOK A SQUIRREL!

 

[giovani]

I know it's prescription was a farce in part of my family, the mother didn't want to enforce negative punishment( smacking the boys when they needed it ) and she would threaten the father if he tried , so the went to the doctor and he was more than happy to help them dope the kids up till they were as mellow as nursing home patients.

 

[Pinchaser]

And here is your answer^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^

100% correct. It was created so they could make billions treating it.

 

[newdumdum9825]

To me Adderal seemed to help me in school

But when I started to to think if I missed my meds that day for some reason it had a placebo affect on me, the second I realized actually forgot it my concentration in class dropped. Up until that point i would be fine

 

[Johnny C]

I was on Ritalin in the early 70s and was the only kid in the school on it.
Now at least 1/4 of the kids are on it.
There are some kids that it actually helps, but it is often used to replace discipline today.

 

[MrsGungho]

ADHD, "Bi-polar" disorder, and a host of other nonsense, were invented by liberals to explain away behavior that comes from lack of discipline as a child. In a much better day in our country's history, such "disorders" were cured damn fast with a strap across one's backside. Today, we feed the medical community with countless $$$ and coddle unacceptable behavior in the name of liberal correctness. We're doing this to ourselves, folks.

we have our opinions, I personally don't agree with yours however.

I have had family who have been "labeled" ADHD. Bi-Polar, depression etc. All were adults when the diagnosis was made. Last I looked it was not acceptable to take a strap across an adults backside, they seem to label that abuse.

Now is there is a huge problem with "labeling" some with these diagnosis's? Absolutely, but they are real, not just labels..

 

[winchester]

all three of my young sons get adhd at times at church, school, or when we go out to eat until i tell them im gonna bust their asses if they dont behave and suddenly they are cured??

 

[hornadylnl]

I know of a family with 3 children ages 5 to 10. Oldest was able to be taken to college football games at the age of 2 and sit through the whole game. Always been laid back and behaved. The second was running from the time she could walk and has never settled down. The third is autistic. If this is purely a discipline problem, why such a difference in 3 children in the same family? Do you think they gave up on discipline when the second one was born?

 

[forgop]

I don't believe so much that it was make believe, but over diagnosed for certain. Absentee parenting that allows the medication to replace time and effort to discipline is a major culprit.

That said, I was "blessed" with this "curse" for my now 8 year old daughter. Interestingly enough, she showed ADHD traits the minute she started walking. No form of discipline seemed to stick at all for the hyperactive behavior at all.

We waited until she was 6(school) prior to trying meds. She is bouncing of the walls level of hyper every morning that she's like Thing 1 and Thing 2 in the Cat in the Hat movie.

 

[forgop]

I believe autism is becoming the new adhd. While some do have it legitimately.Everyone else believes drugs are the easy fix for their lack of parenting,even though it makes it easier to break them down and brainwash them with whatever the media desires.

You don't even have a clue of what you're talking about.

 

[ftbstrd]

+1

I thought it was fictitious until life experiences shown me otherwise.

 

[forgop]

ADHD, "Bi-polar" disorder, and a host of other nonsense, were invented by liberals to explain away behavior that comes from lack of discipline as a child. In a much better day in our country's history, such "disorders" were cured damn fast with a strap across one's backside. Today, we feed the medical community with countless $$$ and coddle unacceptable behavior in the name of liberal correctness. We're doing this to ourselves, folks.

Another completely uninformed opinion.

 

[traderdan]

I only wish that I was not so technologically inept,so that I could post a link in this discussion to a short presentation of a Dr. Dimitri Christakis. He makes a very good case for the idea, that overexposure of infants to the constant frenetic visual stimulation of TV programming plays a part in the behaviors labelled ADD,ADHD.

 

[roadrunner681]

i know that add is real i have a friend with it hes almost impossible to talk to with out his meds he cant even listen to music with out it, but i seen plenty of people in high school( wasn't that long ago) that claimed they had the disorder but they seem to use it as a excuse to be lazy. as for over diagnosing, yes the school had me tested for that in 9th grade cause i got bad grades i dont have add, but they were persistent that i did.(i was being stupid, not trying that sort of thing)

 

[calcot7]

I agree wholeheartedly. It was a diagnosis that didn't exist when I was a kid. As an adult, I've come to realize that ... oooh, look -- a squirrel! I like squirrels, don't you?

Speaking of shower stalls, mine has a chip in it right by the drain. I think it can be fixed. I got fixed, you know. Three kids were enough.

Man, I have a lot to do today! What were we talking about again?

It doesn't matter. You think it's hot in here? I don't either ...

Speaking of hot, how much is a Chevy?

 

[HenryWallace]

It is a made up disease in order for us to have a reason why are bodies have a Social Anxiousness, poor health, General misconception of life.
It's because everyone wants to understand everything, so they generalize it. Group it together. Make it a common cause, and then provide the cure.
Otherwise it's control... And power... Money...!
If we actually lived the way our bodies wanted us to, we'd be healthy. 'Cause underneath all of that laziness (and chemical intake), lies a beautiful person. Chiseled and lively.

 

[Bunnykid68]

A good test for ADHD is to put a kid in front of a video game or something else they like, if they can do it for hours on end they don't have an attention deficit problem, they have this sucks and bores me problem

 

[Bunnykid68]

This thread is giving me ADD, lost interest already