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Don’t get me wrong I’m not saying it doesn’t exist or the meds are pointless. Absolutely there are people with ADHD and meds work for them. But sometimes I thi
by philliphaydon 4y ago
Don’t get me wrong I’m not saying it doesn’t exist or the meds are pointless. Absolutely there are people with ADHD and meds work for them.
But sometimes I think difficult children are automatically labeled ADHD and the solution is drugs without trying to find the cause.
I reminded of this Ted talk https://www.ted.com/talks/sir_ken_robinson_do_schools_kill_creativity?language=en https://www.ted.com/talks/sir_ken_robinson_do_schools_kill_c...
- adastra22 4y agoFor people with ADHD though, the drugs are the cure. Stimulants are a miracle drug for those lacking executive function.
- Melatonic 4y agoIn my experience it was the opposite - there were almost no kids labeled ADHD. Where did you live that everyone was labelled ADHD? Most people blamed the behaviour of difficult children on their difficult parents. That being said there are a lot of people who are purposely seeking ADHD meds who know they are not ADHD just to get drugs. Those people are kind of ruining it for everyone else. They are usually pretty easy to spot though