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I wasn't implying ADHD wasn't real. It very much is real, but unfortunately it seems to have become a sort of "catch-all" diagnosis. It's now more of a common l
by stryk 9y ago
I wasn't implying ADHD wasn't real. It very much is real, but unfortunately it seems to have become a sort of "catch-all" diagnosis. It's now more of a common label than it is a medical diagnosis. Isn't it equally as dangerous to not treat the underlying issues or root causes? And when the common 'treatment' for a hyper-active disorder diagnosis is a prescription for Adderall/Vivanse (again, this is speed with a fancy brand name. call it what it is) it's incredibly dangerous -- these are KIDS we're talking about, there's no way we've had enough time to tell what giving this shit to a brain that's still under development actually does in the long term. Then there's the very real potential for abuse -- we're already in an opioid epidemic in the USA do we really need a bunch of tweaked out kids running around?
- ma2rten 9y agoIf there is another root cause then it isn't ADHD. As I already said I agree with you that one should be careful in diagnosing ADHD.