ADD Options

[pebkac]

http://www.webmd.com/add-adhd/news/2007090...arent-diagnosed

Turns out that it may not be as overdiagnosed as we think...

[RitalinJunkie]

Here is my 2 cents.

I have seen kids with ADD and kids diagnosed with ADD. A lot of kids ive seen who are diagnosed (but really only acting their age) are really bored....they dont pay attention in class because its TOO FUCKING EASY for them (thank you dumbed down standards). The kids who HAVE ADD need help, particularly the kids with legit ADHD, because my experience with them is that they are also somewhat emotionally disturbed (a lot of times because their parents "hit them harder" as impala put it)......

do some of these kids just need better discipline? (not more beating, but overall good parents who pay attention to whats going on with their kids) YES. Do they need better teachers? maybe....more than that they need better administrators who set up the curriculum to work the best with all the kids. It also needs to be remembered that for all the kids who DONT have ADD, but have ritalin/aderal/etc, there are also kids who DO need it, but their parents are too much of dumbshits to do anything about it because they are convinced their kids just need more beatings.

[pebkac]

Here is my 2 cents.

I have seen kids with ADD and kids diagnosed with ADD. A lot of kids ive seen who are diagnosed (but really only acting their age) are really bored....they dont pay attention in class because its TOO FUCKING EASY for them (thank you dumbed down standards). The kids who HAVE ADD need help, particularly the kids with legit ADHD, because my experience with them is that they are also somewhat emotionally disturbed (a lot of times because their parents "hit them harder" as impala put it)......

do some of these kids just need better discipline? (not more beating, but overall good parents who pay attention to whats going on with their kids) YES. Do they need better teachers? maybe....more than that they need better administrators who set up the curriculum to work the best with all the kids. It also needs to be remembered that for all the kids who DONT have ADD, but have ritalin/aderal/etc, there are also kids who DO need it, but their parents are too much of dumbshits to do anything about it because they are convinced their kids just need more beatings.

Wow... I agree 100%.

It just bothers me when people call ADD a "made up" condition because I grew up with friends and known children who genuinely do have it and really benefitted from treatment. I mean, consider the following:

1) Its symptoms mimic those of normal childhood.
2) There are other conditions whose symptoms are very very similar and can easily be mistaken for ADD.
3) As far as I know, there's no real test for ADD.

So it's no wonder that it's such a mis-diagnosed illness (both in terms of being diagnosed in kids that don't have it and kids not be diagnosed with it that should)