ADHD rates up.

badhairguy · 2010-11-14T04:00:19+00:00

The worst thing about "ADHD" diagnosis' is that, once you tell a child that their behavioral problems aren't just behavior and that they have a medical condition, it validates the behavior in the child. Knowing what I know about addiction and the dopamine reward system, I would say it's safe to conclude that, once you get your kid hooked on prescription amphetamines, and they see that misbehaving means they will receive another dose, it's a vicious self-perpetuating cycle.

I have also read studies that show a direct correlation between medicating kids for ADHD and those kids having drug problems later in life, which is no surprise.

2010-11-14T10:45:29+00:00

The Japanese have a very good way when it comes to turbulent kids : "You like to eat at the end of each days?"

penclnck · 2010-11-14T03:54:29+00:00

Are ADHD rates really up? Or did it just not get diagnosed 40 years ago?

2010-11-14T04:00:24+00:00

Was gonna read this but it was full of words.

Maybe lat... ooh squirrel.

2010-11-14T07:42:27+00:00

tl;dr

guitbit · 2010-11-14T12:04:34+00:00

You people don't get it - ADHD = MONEY!!!!!

"Special Needs" gets lots of money for schools. It doesn't matter what exactly the special-need is, only that it is one. There are children with actual ADHD, but the general symptoms can be as simple as daydreaming, or "easily distracted". I think when I was in school this could account for about 2/3rds of my 5th grade class.

It's a scam. Rates aren't up, taxes are.

mescalitospoke · 2010-11-14T19:31:52+00:00

I didn't know until I was 28, it put everything in context. I love reading comments of people who don't know what it's like to have 12 radio stations going off in their heads simultaneously at all times. Really quite easy to call it bullshit. You don't know anything is wrong with the way you think because you have no other context or perspective then the way you think, I KNOW THIS VERY WELL.

I don't think it's those that are medicated have a higher chance of drug addiction, it's those who have ADHD who have a higher chance. Similar to self medication. Personally I messed with meth quite a bit, before that it was caffeine pills, before that a six pack of Diet Pepsi a day.When I stopped meth entirely I just started drinking 3 12 oz cups of coffee every day, up until I was diagnosed and prescribed at 28 (also I did tons of hallucinogens but that shit was just fun, no crutch at all). The point is, all of my stimulant experimentation and abuse was before my diagnosis. Recently, I went off my meds and not back on coffee (stimulant free) with intention of trying it for a month. I lasted 3 days. I realized I hadn't really fully met the beast since I was in junior highschool, before caffeine addiction.

Terrible experiment, it was a successive series of fuck-ups at work, doing things without knowing I did them, saying random fucked up things to the wrong people, not being able to pay attention to what the people I loved were saying.

I'd give anything not to need medication, any-fucking-thing. These cock suckers are no different then armchair generals, they are keyboard Psychologists. Enjoy your ability to arrange your thoughts effectively and post about shit you'll never have to deal with, I'm gonna go take a pill.

fivepines · 2010-11-14T03:24:40+00:00

My 82 year old dad says it's nothing that can't be cured by a swift kick in the ass. He says there's nothing better for focusing somebodys attention. As a gifted underacheiver with ants in his pants I tend to agree. If it doesn't work on the child, sometimes it needs to be applied to the parents.

aetheralloy · 2010-11-14T05:12:27+00:00

Why can't we make any progress on this issue?

It is like everyone just forgets about it and gets distracted by some other

bluewing · 2010-11-14T03:36:36+00:00

ADHD = BS IMO. ADHD = Lazy Parents. ADHD = Money Hungry Medical Practitioners.

SarahC · 2010-11-14T11:58:48+00:00

Notice it's risen in time with the number of women teachers?

HeadoftheHydra · 2010-11-14T19:56:21+00:00

Bad parenting up.

FTFY

Title	ADHD rates up.
Author	thetrollking
Upvotes	14
Comments	39
Date	November 14, 2010 3:08 AM UTC (15 years ago)
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