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Most 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

• falcolas 6y ago
  Because 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 ago
    I 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 ago
      Do 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 ago
        We'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 ago
      Generally stimulant medication lowers rates of substance abuse for people with ADHD.