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ADHD was not "invented". It is a neurodevelopmental disorder. The stimulant medications are effective at treating the symptoms when compared to placebo.
by matheusmoreira 1y ago
ADHD was not "invented". It is a neurodevelopmental disorder. The stimulant medications are effective at treating the symptoms when compared to placebo.
- u12 1y agoAnd compare to therapy, meditation, lifestyle changes... etc etc?
- protocolture 1y agoMuch more effective.
- SanjayMehta 1y agoExplain why it only occurs in the "first world."
- protocolture 1y agoIt occurs everywhere, its only diagnosed where people have access to suitable methods, and only treated where treatments are available.
- matheusmoreira 1y agoThere's no need to explain when you're factually wrong. I'm brazilian and I have been diagnosed with ADHD by a neurologist. My existence falsifies your entire comment.
- SanjayMehta 1y agoI suggest you seek a second opinion, preferably from someone older than 55 years.
- hshdhdhj4444 1y agoIt doesn’t only happen in the first world. It’s just that in other countries they call you stupid and fail you out of education destroying the lives and futures of millions of lives because those places have too many people in power, who like you, believe that if you don’t personally experience something then it mustn’t exist.
- SanjayMehta 1y agoSelling ADHD: how the pharmaceutical industry, schools, and parents helped medicalize childhood restlessness — and how we can unsell it https://ebm.bmj.com/content/30/Suppl_1/A52.2 https://ebm.bmj.com/content/30/Suppl_1/A52.2
- matheusmoreira 1y agoRecognizing pharmaceutical industry bias does not mean you can throw the baby out with the bathwater by claiming they "invented" ADHD to sell drugs. The fact drug companies want to sell drugs does not imply ADHD is fake. The fact teachers can't cope with hyperactive kids messing up their classes does not imply ADHD is fake. Those attitudes are merely annoyances in a professional setting. It just means we have to undo the damage they cause. The amount of people helped by medications and therapy is substantial and cannot be ignored. Christ. These discussions remind me of one of my professors. He used to claim ADHD was a made up disease too. He also used to say vitamin D deficiency was a drug company scam. Then I was diagnosed with ADHD and hyperparathyroidism secondary to vitamin D deficiency. It's as if god himself wanted me to be living proof that he was full of shit.