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ADHD isn’t a modern malady. It’s been around for centuries. Just under different names. Here’s a reference from the 400’s BC: He [Hippocrates] was known to hav
by falcolas 6y ago
ADHD isn’t a modern malady. It’s been around for centuries. Just under different names.
Here’s a reference from the 400’s BC: He [Hippocrates] was known to have made at least one reference to some patients who could not keep their focus on any one thing for long and had exceptionally quick reactions to things around them. He thought the cause was an “overbalance of fire over water” and recommended a bland diet that included fish but little other meat, a lot of water, and lots of physical exercise.
- rgifford 6y agoMost people I know with ADHD got taken to a doctor, diagnosed, and put on medication as a consequences of their grades. I'm sure this quirk in the distribution of human psychology has existed for a long time, I just question the sudden popularity in its medicalization.
- falcolas 6y agoBecause we finally have a working medicinal solution that isn’t “whip their ass with a belt until they behave”? There’s an estimated 5% of the population who have debilitating ADHD. The current diagnosis rates of 4% for children, and 2% for adults, says we haven’t gotten everyone yet.
- rgifford 6y agoI think most of these kids just need a lot more personalized attention. I think medicating them is a convenient short term solution that will cost society more over the long term in alcohol dependency, heart issues, and other medical conditions related to the use of stimulants.
- falcolas 6y agoDo you think the same thing about children with MS who receive pain relievers? Or is it different when you can see the symptoms?
- rgifford 6y agoWe're kind of talking in two threads and I wasn't able to directly reply in the other, so I'll repost this here: Over prescription of pain relievers is widely regarded as what caused the opioid epidemic. Sedation causes lots of deaths every year. Back pain is highly avoidable with basic lifestyle changes. I don't know much about MS. My grandma took a weight loss drug called Fen-Phen and had heart issues late in life because of it. It was a low-grade form of speed used by house wives in the 70s for appetite suppression and increased energy. US history leans overly medicalized and drugged IMO.
- toomanybeersies 6y agoGenerally stimulant medication lowers rates of substance abuse for people with ADHD.