What is your experience, if any, with these symptoms or conditions and medications. Do you think he is right? I think this is something to think long and hard about before letting a doctor tell you your kid needs to be on medication.
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Feel free to reply to any comment by clicking the "Reply" button.As a kid, I exhibited similar symptoms at times, and at one point the public school system thought I was troubled enough to suggest I be on medications. Thankfully that never happened, I had parents who fought for me, and to this day many years later I am not on any kind of medication(s). I think most people deal with concentration issues from time to time, and it's not a big deal, so I am inclined to believe what was mentioned in that article. It is a possible scenario that all parents should deeply consider, but these days denying your kids medications/healthcare could be perceived as child neglect and thus subjecting the parents to deal with government officials getting involved in their business, as bogus as that is. Thank you for sharing, excellent article.
SpikeTalon
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Apr 11, 2018
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I went with a woman for about 8 months who was diagnosed with ADHD and took meds for it sometimes but not on a regular basis. I wondered if it was correct, some of the symptoms she had were spot-on, especially her driving record. Her family said she was Schizophrenic, she appeared more Bi-polar II to me. Later on she hospitalized and put on an Alzheimer unit and diagnosed as Schizo-effective. ADHD looked like an easy call for her doctors.
PickledRick
Level 8
Apr 10, 2018
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Take Your Pills, Netflix documentary, in a nutshell: pretty much every college kid either has a script for Adderall or gets it illicitly.
Is anyone ever taught how to "pay attention" or "concentrate"? We're told that all the time, but does anyone ever teach how its done? That's what worries me.
Then of course there's the general attitude of "pills first", but that's a different (albeit related) nightmare...
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Apr 10, 2018
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