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Originally posted by VneZonyDostupa
While I agree that psychiatic drugs (especially those for ADD/ADHD) are overprescribed, it is incredibly ignorant to use this as a basis to claim that the conditions simply don't exist.
To see this sort of poor logic coming from a moderator is a bit troubling, to say the least.
Originally posted by unityemissions
I saw a study that linked adhd to preservatives and artificial colors/sweeteners. Once they were removed from the diet, the kids symptoms greatly diminished.
Im not using overprescription as the basis for the claim that ADHD doesnt exist. My basis for saying ADHD doesnt exist is that being active and playful and not paying attention to a teachers monologue for hours is not a mental illness to me.
Originally posted by LadySkadi
I'm also very disappointed in the "research" that did or did not go into this thread.
Originally posted by Skyfloating
Originally posted by LadySkadi
I'm also very disappointed in the "research" that did or did not go into this thread.
You dont need any research to see that many of the kids labeled as "ADHD" are entirely fine...they're just not interested in sitting in a chair and shutting up for 7 hours straight.
Originally posted by LadySkadi
in many cases, but it DOES exist.
Originally posted by Maybe...maybe not
I believe ADHD is massively over-diagnosed & often used as an excuse for poor parenting of children.
Originally posted by whaaa
Let them stay in the Fog and not learn when they could be helped.
Originally posted by Maybe...maybe not
I believe ADHD is massively over-diagnosed & often used an excuse for poor parenting of children.
Originally posted by whaaa
reply to post by Skyfloating
Like everything it's a matter of degrees. As a onetime teacher, I have seen kids that can't concentrate on a task and are not a discipline problem or rambunctious. They were just zoned out.
What do you suggest; Let them stay in the Fog and not learn when they could be helped.
Originally posted by kosmicjack
We are meant to roam. We are meant to explore. We are meant to move.
Instead, we spend our lives sitting. And having a box inform us instead of searching for answers and experiencing the world ourselves.