Do you think things like ADD and ADHD are a load of crap?!
Question: Do you think things like ADD and ADHD are a load of crap.?
I think people might need just a kick in the butt, or maybe they just need to adjust to life, life is messed up and we all have to adjust to this world somehow, there are no answers really, I dont trust people when they say they have some mental disorder, I say this as someone who was diagnosed with some things then I realized you need to adjust to life somehow
Alot of people are making ALOT of freakin money off of all these mental health diagnosis, drug companies, doctors, it if freakin disgusting reallyHealth Question & Answer
Alot of people are making ALOT of freakin money off of all these mental health diagnosis, drug companies, doctors, it if freakin disgusting reallyHealth Question & Answer
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i think adhd CAN be real but most of the time it's not. you're completely right. and i think dyslexia is real but ADD isn't. it's all in their heads.Health Question & Answer
no i don't think they are a load of crap.
but i agree that alot of doctors are making alot of money by diagnosing people with alot of problems that the patients probably don't have.
i mean, in my parents' generation harldy anyone had asthma
you look around today and every second child is diagnosed with asthma.
i'm not diagnosed with asthma, but i do sometimes have breathing difficulties after and during pedal prix races.
now, i don't want to go to the docter, because i know that they will imediately say that i have asthma, but if i do, then it is only sports induced.
asthma isn't the only illness that doctors diagnose alot. but it is the first one i thought of. :D
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but i agree that alot of doctors are making alot of money by diagnosing people with alot of problems that the patients probably don't have.
i mean, in my parents' generation harldy anyone had asthma
you look around today and every second child is diagnosed with asthma.
i'm not diagnosed with asthma, but i do sometimes have breathing difficulties after and during pedal prix races.
now, i don't want to go to the docter, because i know that they will imediately say that i have asthma, but if i do, then it is only sports induced.
asthma isn't the only illness that doctors diagnose alot. but it is the first one i thought of. :D
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There is alot of misdiagnoses. There is some questioning on the ethics and morals or some doctors and drug companies. I have mental illness and A.D.D. I do have a chemical imbalance. I also have a history of trauma and abuse. I am diagnosed with depression, anxiety and post traumatic stress syndrome too. I had this all my life and didn't know it until I was 30 years old. I had to force myself to function my whole life. I wanted to die. My life was a mess. It was horrible. I am now on medication that is so helping me. I can now function. I don't have to force myself to function, I function fine now. I don't want to die. And with the A.D.D medication, I can focus, it feels like a cloud has lifted. I notice if I don't take the A.D.D. medicine my mind wonders, I can't focus, there is a cloud in my head. I always take my other medicine, no matter what. I have been weaned off of the other ones and had to go right back on them.
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Well its documented with scannign technology that the brains of ADHD and non ADHD patients are different. There is also a marked difference in brain serotonin levels. Its no more a bogus disease, than diabetes is a bogus disease. Brain chemistry of mental patients are clearly different from non-psychologicla patients.Health Question & Answer
These are actual disorders, but I completely agree with you in a sense. They are way over diagnosed, especially by pediatricians and used as an excuse by entirely too many parents for kids that they just don't want to or can't control.Health Question & Answer
they're over diagnosed but they do exist, just like depression. doctors are pressured to prescribe meds because of ties with pharmaceutical companies but that shouldn't detract from the fact that, for some, its a serious mental problemHealth Question & Answer
No. Some people have actual problems and you are generalizing to an extreme.Health Question & Answer
wow. no they are not a load of crap.Health Question & Answer
I know from experience that these disorders are not crap. I suffer from bi-polar disorder and have family members with ADD and ADHD. I think the point you are making is not a problem in diagnosis, but a problem in treatment.
I have tried every medication known to man to treat my disorder and all had side effects I just couldn't live with. That didn't change the fact that I'm bipolar and that ignoring it had dire consequences. I needed to find a method of treatment that worked. I did but it was a long road because doctors, phama companies, etc. all firmly believe a pill is the answer. I have found that with a strong support system, people watching my behavior, journaling every day, taking care of my physical body, spiritual practice and faith that I can indeed function and lead a mostly normal life. I am at risk at times and I have family that pays close attention to the warning signs and I know my triggers and avoid them as much as I can. It is a tough way to go and it's not for everyone. Some have such swings in behavior that nothing but a pill will keep them on solid ground.
I understand what you are saying, I just think you are looking at the wrong side of the issue.Health Question & Answer
I have tried every medication known to man to treat my disorder and all had side effects I just couldn't live with. That didn't change the fact that I'm bipolar and that ignoring it had dire consequences. I needed to find a method of treatment that worked. I did but it was a long road because doctors, phama companies, etc. all firmly believe a pill is the answer. I have found that with a strong support system, people watching my behavior, journaling every day, taking care of my physical body, spiritual practice and faith that I can indeed function and lead a mostly normal life. I am at risk at times and I have family that pays close attention to the warning signs and I know my triggers and avoid them as much as I can. It is a tough way to go and it's not for everyone. Some have such swings in behavior that nothing but a pill will keep them on solid ground.
I understand what you are saying, I just think you are looking at the wrong side of the issue.Health Question & Answer
No because I have ADD .
But I know what it is more than they do , because I have it .
And if can be helped by understanding it . But kids , can do this , all ADD is , is a mind that has been trained to daydream , and is not wired to think differently .
You have to work with the kid to develop the mind to focus , it takes one on one attention .
You have to retrain the mind , which is really rewiring the mind to work like other peoples minds .
The ADD mind is stuck in the daydream portion of the mind or only on what ever catches the hearts attention .
So a person with add is thinking with the heart portion of their brain , which is not the frontal lobes , but right brain thinking , stuck in the emotion portion of the brain .
working with a child makes a child rewire their thinking to develop the brain into thinking with a different area of the brain .
It's a lot like a lazy eye . That has to be forced to be used . Before it can work properly .
Drugs don't fix the problem , but in increase the brains power by extra stimulation . Like jumping a car with a weak battery .
Maybe it does help develop the brain , by doing this , but i don't know , I have never tryed drugs .Health Question & Answer
But I know what it is more than they do , because I have it .
And if can be helped by understanding it . But kids , can do this , all ADD is , is a mind that has been trained to daydream , and is not wired to think differently .
You have to work with the kid to develop the mind to focus , it takes one on one attention .
You have to retrain the mind , which is really rewiring the mind to work like other peoples minds .
The ADD mind is stuck in the daydream portion of the mind or only on what ever catches the hearts attention .
So a person with add is thinking with the heart portion of their brain , which is not the frontal lobes , but right brain thinking , stuck in the emotion portion of the brain .
working with a child makes a child rewire their thinking to develop the brain into thinking with a different area of the brain .
It's a lot like a lazy eye . That has to be forced to be used . Before it can work properly .
Drugs don't fix the problem , but in increase the brains power by extra stimulation . Like jumping a car with a weak battery .
Maybe it does help develop the brain , by doing this , but i don't know , I have never tryed drugs .Health Question & Answer