Nearly One Million Children in U.S. Potentially Misdiagnosed With ADHD, Study Finds

Il128 · 2010-08-18T17:25:30+00:00

ADHD is women's way of staying that being a boy is bad.

curomo · 2010-08-18T23:19:22+00:00

My ex has had my eldest daughter on concerta for years while no one on my side of the family could understand why (and we were terrified at some of the negative side effects (underweight, developing dependency)

as it turns out my daughter turned 5 years old 5 weeks before the cut-off... my other daughter who is consistently top of her class is about 6 weeks after her grade's cut off.

Now to figure out how to get this study in front of my ex and the pediatrician and see if we can get the situation fixed!

Gormogon · 2010-08-19T00:19:32+00:00

Well, at least the drug companies made some money eh? Silver lining and all that.......

lkd39 · 2010-08-19T05:42:33+00:00

its not the lazy parents, its the teachers who have too many kids in the class room (upwards of 50 in places) who can't handle a kid being loud and annoying (i.e. being a kid), so they send the kid home and won't take them back till they're on Ritalin. Yes, this is how I got diagnosed, though it turns out I do actually have ADHD. They called my parents into the school office one day in like grade 1 or 2 and said that I couldn't come back until I was on Ritalin, regardless of what my doctor might have to say. Looking back on it, I wish my parents hadn't been such pussies. That would've made a great lawsuit.

DJ_Deathflea · 2010-08-18T18:17:51+00:00

Just to head off the inevitable blanket statements about ADD being a fabrication/non-existent, let me just say that I yes, it may be severely over diagnosed but it does, in fact exist and I can attest to this first hand with 100% certainty.

You_know_THAT_guy · 2010-08-19T08:56:10+00:00

Jesus there is some scientific ignorance in here. ADHD is a real disorder; it is over-diagnosed, but it is real.

lkd39 · 2010-08-19T17:35:47+00:00

ADHD is a scam perpetuated by feminism. A free spanking can cure ADHD, but it's much more profitable to assume that a billion dollar drug industry that dopes kids into submission is a much better idea.

Il128 · 2010-08-18T17:19:50+00:00

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Title	Nearly One Million Children in U.S. Potentially Misdiagnosed With ADHD, Study Finds
Author	kloo2yoo
Upvotes	21
Comments	25
Date	August 18, 2010 5:04 PM UTC (15 years ago)
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