ADHD Diagnoses Still Rising; 75% are of Boys

kloo2yoo · 2010-10-24T16:05:50+00:00

I always figured most of these diagnoses were of just kids being kids...whiny, annoying, self-centered, adventurous, space cowboy, kids...

When I was going to school in the 90's, it seemed like no one had ADD or ADHD or anything...it just recently started popping up.

throwinken · 2010-10-24T17:17:24+00:00

I have serious problems concentrating during class and on my coursework. I will sometimes take four hours to write a one page rough draft because I get so distracted. But this only happens with topics that I find uninteresting. Hand me something that I find fascinating and I won't have a problem at all concentrating for hours.

Liverotto · 2010-10-24T16:16:17+00:00

Wouldn't it be easier to admit that "maleness" is a disease in our feminist society?

kachapati · 2010-10-24T19:50:30+00:00

Then there is the devastating case of my next door neighbor. My neighbor and his wife are in their late (late) sixties. He has a son from his first wife, who is much younger. When they first moved in, their son (I'll call him M) spent more of his time at my house then he did his own. He was a normal, if slightly goofy and excited young boy. He was cheerful and full of energy and creative ideas. His behavior was completely normal for a boy his age, about 6. When he ate with us, he sat at the table throughout the entire meal and ate whatever we were eating. As time went by, my kids had some falling out with him, as kids do. His parents were forced to spend more time with him. They both took turns coming to me, begging me to take him back. They tried everything, even telling me that he would only eat what I cooked or fast food chicken nuggets. That he refused to sit at their table. While the wife cooked dinner, the husband would drive out to pick the kid up nuggets and give them to him in front of the tv so they could eat in peace. I spoke to my kids, asked if even the youngest one would have him over to play. It didn't work out. The other ones were home, they asked me to tell M that they had too much homework or that they were grounded.

M's parents were pissed. Instead of realizing that they had an energetic child that needed their attention, they were mad at me for being unable to resolve the children's squabble so that I could once again raise their son. So they put him on meds. He spent all of his time at home standing a foot in front of the tv, drooling. After several months they placed him in boarding school/inpatient facility, funded by the public school system and only 5 miles away.

That's when I found out from the first wife, M's mother, that she had been fighting for custody. She was an RN. She and M's dad had a bitter divorce and he apparently yelled at her that he would do anything to keep him from her. Would rather medicate his son and put him in an institute than have him live with his mother. Now he's about 13. They don't even bring him home most weekends.

TL;DR I have fucked up neighbors.

Steeempey · 2010-10-24T20:56:01+00:00

Is ADHD overdiagnosed? Yes.
Does this mean it absolutely does not exist? No.
Is it an evil feminist conspiracy to bring down males? Probably not.

shifts eyes Are they gone yet? Okay, good. To my fellow evil feminazi troopers, next Wednesday is our bi-monthly meeting, the topic of this time's meeting is "destroy-all-men-and-replace-them-with-turkey-basters." If your name starts with R it's your turn to bring the snacks.

emptyhunter · 2010-10-24T17:31:27+00:00

This debate over whether ADHD exists or is being misdiagnosed is fairly irritating. I have ADD and it has made it incredibly hard to grow up, my parents tried pretty much everything and it didn't work, but when I was put on medication (at 17, which was my own choice) my life did drastically improve. So it's not just a case of oh we're drugging our kids. The medication has been studied since the 1950's (in the case of Methylphenidate) and has proven efficacy - it does work, and with the correct dosage it doesn't have a very big side effect profile.

I'm not saying everyone needs to be medicated, but the medication does work for the condition.

SarahC · 2010-10-24T17:18:44+00:00

According to our friends, he still behaves in somewhat strange ways on occasion,

I pictured a scene where he's in school, stood looking at his teacher, while he strokes his turgid member poking out of his trousers, and dribbles rapidly.

I wish they'd have classified this "odd behaviour".

Pun_Emperor · 2010-10-24T18:32:56+00:00

I want people to tell me I need high-grade amphetamines in order to function.

That shit is amazing.

2010-10-24T19:02:04+00:00

tl;dr

molo24 · 2010-10-24T19:07:48+00:00

...medical diagnoses need not be equal between genders. Depression is more fequently diagnosed in females. Bipolar is equal between the sexes. ADHD is more for males.

Bipolarruledout · 2010-10-24T16:58:09+00:00

Mental illness is real. There is no debate within the medical community and the mentally ill are continually stigmatized and made to feel as if this isn't the case. You can debate the reasons why we have record levels of mental illness but no one should pretend it doesn't exist because it does. Mental illness when untreated causes significant issues over ones lifetime and the problems worsen without intervention. In the case of ADD/ADHD these patients are far more likely to suffer from substance abuse problems during adolescence or later in life (just one example.)

I find it odd how if you're diabetic you're allowed to take insulin but if you have a mental illness then you're just supposed to "brush it off" and pretend it doesn't exist. I find it loathsome how prevalent this attitude is and most often by those who have absolutely no medical credentials at all.

trackerbishop · 2010-10-24T16:03:00+00:00

thats what happens when you use cell phones, consume bpa, and eat foods laced with pesticides and eat gmo's without knowing it. also monstano's hormone milk.

getter1 · 2010-10-24T17:52:36+00:00

For me ADHD is a very real problem in my life. I wasn't one of the hyper ones who couldn't sit still, my ADHD took the form of me constantly spacing out and was unable to focus on anything but my own thoughts. That made it very difficult for me earlier when I was hopping around form pills to pills. First was Ritalin, which I don't really remember. Then I tried concerta, and that was fucking awful. Adderall was nice, but it burns through the meds so far. But now I'm on Vyvanse and its fucking spectacular.

ADHD is a very real condition, but I feel its just over diagnosed in many kids.

I'm 24 now and I've tried cutting myself off for 3 months just to see if I could operate well in college and work without my meds. Bad idea. I just can't really focus on single thoughts for too long before my mind will wander off somewhere.

WaltzingacrosstheUS · 2010-10-24T18:03:35+00:00

Relevant

ConanTheBarbedAryan · 2010-10-24T18:18:35+00:00

I have it. I'm 36. Can't focus on any one thing or person for long periods. Its kind of screwed life up somewhat.

rueytu · 2010-10-24T21:00:09+00:00

That is all.

Deeknee246 · 2010-10-24T21:46:20+00:00

Most males are diagnosed with ADHD when they are children in school. This is because as men we are distracted by our teacher's breasts if we have a hot teacher. This problem continues into adulthood as we love to stare are more and more breasts. It's not that we aren't paying attention, it's just we like to pay attention to very specific things.

bugmom · 2010-10-25T00:04:11+00:00

http://www.businessweek.com/lifestyle/content/healthday/643724.html

Krase · 2010-10-25T02:59:19+00:00

and as a result of this, boys are prescribed meds. which make them zombies. which keeps them from learning and out of "trouble" aka, boys acting like boys. In NC, if you have a kid on ADHD you can get money from the state if you are already on welfare or so I am told. which makes parents (single mothers mostly) put their kid on meds. can the deck get any more stacked against boys in schools?

c0mputar · 2010-10-25T21:02:05+00:00

The fact that kids born later in the year are more often diagnosed for ADHD shows you how trigger happy psychologists are. Don't fucking put your kid on medication for ADHD until they are at least in high school imo. By then it'll become clear whether or not someone has ADHD. Those parents who put there 7 year old on meds are fucking retarded.

That said, boys are usually more bored about school, that's nothing new in today's society. That doesn't mean the boys are defective, perhaps the schooling is the thing that needs to change.

Down_Vote_Collector · 2010-10-24T15:59:29+00:00

Well, the only solution I see is to give them all pills and flatter them with compliments about how special they are and how if they REALLY dont want to do their homework they dont have to. Anything else would be the equivalency of trapping a dove in a shoe box, we clearly have to let these children's young souls seek their own path.

Heavens forbid any of these children with this serious condition ever receive a punishment greater than a stern talking to.

tyrghast · 2010-10-24T18:11:00+00:00

Lazy parents are the disease. Medicating children instead of disciplining them is the popular solution.

ricachon · 2010-10-24T20:03:58+00:00

One year I did really bad in school I didn't fidget or squirm or anything like that but I got diagnosed with add and had to take aderal. I hated it. The next year I did way better and hey, now I don't have ADD..I'm cured!!!

Goes to show how stupidly fake ADD is

I_call_it_like_it_is · 2010-10-25T01:53:46+00:00

adhd = bullshit, made-up illness to get your kids drugged up.

Title	ADHD Diagnoses Still Rising; 75% are of Boys
Author	kloo2yoo
Upvotes	76
Comments	131
Date	October 24, 2010 1:51 PM UTC (15 years ago)
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