Is ADHD made up?

[Pigeonho]

fair do's must have been someone else, i wouldnt take it too much to heart we all have opinions on things we havent been affected by or looked to deeply into, the cellar is full of it and im as guilty as anyone

dont think anyone actually means to call you a bad parent, at least i hope not

I wouldn't take that to heart as I know i'm not. I do know too that there are many twats as parents who do use ADHD as an excuse for their kids being feral. It is just annoying when you have come through the thick end of a living nightmare knowing you're doing all you can, for some faceless idiot to comment on something they clearly know absolutely zero about.

It's an easy thing to do. As I've got older I have realised that you should never judge until you have experienced it.

By the way, that lad who got silver in the gym today was also diagnosed as ADHD when he was a kid. His Mum was interviewed and said he was a nightmare child but they discovered something that he could focus on and realise his potential.

De Niro the perfect parent will tell you that the parent of that kid must have been a **** at the time he was diagnosed with ADHD.

 

[stonerblue]

fair do's must have been someone else, i wouldnt take it too much to heart we all have opinions on things we havent been affected by or looked to deeply into, the cellar is full of it and im as guilty as anyone

dont think anyone actually means to call you a bad parent, at least i hope not

I wouldn't take that to heart as I know i'm not. I do know too that there are many twats as parents who do use ADHD as an excuse for their kids being feral. It is just annoying when you have come through the thick end of a living nightmare knowing you're doing all you can, for some faceless idiot to comment on something they clearly know absolutely zero about.

It's an easy thing to do. As I've got older I have realised that you should never judge until you have experienced it.

By the way, that lad who got silver in the gym today was also diagnosed as ADHD when he was a kid. His Mum was interviewed and said he was a nightmare child but they discovered something that he could focus on and realise his potential.

so exercise, diet and support worked well.

The same is said by boxers, footballers, etc etc. Wiggins said cycling stopped him descending into a life of crime only last week.

 

[york away to this!]

I wouldn't take that to heart as I know i'm not. I do know too that there are many twats as parents who do use ADHD as an excuse for their kids being feral. It is just annoying when you have come through the thick end of a living nightmare knowing you're doing all you can, for some faceless idiot to comment on something they clearly know absolutely zero about.

It's an easy thing to do. As I've got older I have realised that you should never judge until you have experienced it.

By the way, that lad who got silver in the gym today was also diagnosed as ADHD when he was a kid. His Mum was interviewed and said he was a nightmare child but they discovered something that he could focus on and realise his potential.

so exercise, diet and support worked well.

The same is said by boxers, footballers, etc etc. Wiggins said cycling stopped him descending into a life of crime only last week.

....surely he was too busy riding a bike last week to go round nicking stuff?

 

[wayne71]

I have never knowingly met a child with ADHD but have met plenty of feral kids that usually come from broken homes and/or shit parents.

 

[mackenzie]

I wouldn't take that to heart as I know i'm not. I do know too that there are many twats as parents who do use ADHD as an excuse for their kids being feral. It is just annoying when you have come through the thick end of a living nightmare knowing you're doing all you can, for some faceless idiot to comment on something they clearly know absolutely zero about.

It's an easy thing to do. As I've got older I have realised that you should never judge until you have experienced it.

By the way, that lad who got silver in the gym today was also diagnosed as ADHD when he was a kid. His Mum was interviewed and said he was a nightmare child but they discovered something that he could focus on and realise his potential.

so exercise, diet and support worked well.

The same is said by boxers, footballers, etc etc. Wiggins said cycling stopped him descending into a life of crime only last week.

As I said earlier stoner, I think it can be a lazy term applied in error. However, there are some kids that are extremely difficult no matter what you do. My friends son has it and it's been a very rocky road for years. And this was despite all the support, good parenting and comfortable lifestyle that he had behind him.

 

[stonerblue]

It's an easy thing to do. As I've got older I have realised that you should never judge until you have experienced it.

By the way, that lad who got silver in the gym today was also diagnosed as ADHD when he was a kid. His Mum was interviewed and said he was a nightmare child but they discovered something that he could focus on and realise his potential.

so exercise, diet and support worked well.

The same is said by boxers, footballers, etc etc. Wiggins said cycling stopped him descending into a life of crime only last week.

As I said earlier stoner, I think it can be a lazy term applied in error. However, there are some kids that are extremely difficult no matter what you do. My friends son has it and it's been a very rocky road for years. And this was despite all the support, good parenting and comfortable lifestyle that he had behind him.

'lazy term applied in error'. Like it.

I don't doubt there are some kids with real problems but whilst ritolin scripts and social payments are linked there will always be an element of 'suspicion' regarding the diagnosis.

 

[ElanJo]

Yep. Just an excuse for bad parents who have allowed their children to be possessed by demons.

 

[bwfcchick]

No, I've taught several people with it. Not made up at all.

 

[Pigeonho]

Bit of an update. My son has been on a medication called Concerta XL for the last 3 weeks and the difference in his behaviour is startling. It's like that bridge that wasn't there before, the bridge which failed in him being unable to do things off the cuff has been built, and he now thinks about things rather than just doing. That, for us, means a completely different way of living based on the things he was doing. He has had a couple of side effects, weight loss being the most concerning, but we've changed his diet since last Friday to build him back up again so hopefully he will get a more permanent prescription as at the moment it's all monitored every 2 weeks. I was all against medication at the start, but we were at a cross roads which meant we had no choice because of the disgusting way we were being treated by him, and it's made a massive, huge difference to us all - him obviously benefiting the most.
Fingers crossed it continues.

 

[pominoz]

Good one, Pige.

He is a very lucky boy to have such understanding parents, hope it continues to go well for all of you.