Why Always Ste
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Rammyblues said:
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Is ADHD made up?
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Bill
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i think its made up bollocks.
Howling Wolf
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not really sure if i understand some peoples point of view about this. surely it's just a set of behaviours, if a pyschologist can match the profile of the condition to the individual then a diagnosis is made. as i said above diagnosis is only needed if it can help the child.
not all badly behaved children have adhd, and i have come accross a couple of children where i had to check that they really did have adhd because it wasn't obvious (ie they were not badly behaved, this also shows the condition can be managed). there is alot of cases where i do think, is this just an easy way out giving them a label of adhd. but this is not for me to judge as i am not an educational psychologist and do not fully understand how diagnosis is made, but i do know it would not be taken lightly.
some children are just hyperactive, it is a natural behaviour that most kids grow out of. but if they are constantly hyperactive and do not react to normal social conditioning and grow out of it then there is a problem.
with regards to attention deficit, some children really can't concentrate, stop talking sit still etc etc, which makes a situation like school impossible, adult life will be less problematic.
as for the reason, no one knows. diet is apparently a big factor, as well as general parenting, but to those of you who say it's just down to these environmental /social factors, then how come you sometimes have a family with several children and only one acts in an antisocial behaviour.
however my point is, YES ITS MADE UP, SOMEONE NOTICED A SET OF PROBLEMs AND MADE UP AN ILLNESS. the same is true for autism, dyslexia etc etc.
There is another condition called ODD (oppositional defiance disorder), that i was extremely sceptical as it just sounded like an extremely defiant teenager, however i met a teenager recently that met the description of the condition exactly. the child has many many issues and i thought to myself i wonder if he was diagnosed as suffering from ODD could his life and education be improved, as i said above im not an educational psychologist just interested.
not all badly behaved children have adhd, and i have come accross a couple of children where i had to check that they really did have adhd because it wasn't obvious (ie they were not badly behaved, this also shows the condition can be managed). there is alot of cases where i do think, is this just an easy way out giving them a label of adhd. but this is not for me to judge as i am not an educational psychologist and do not fully understand how diagnosis is made, but i do know it would not be taken lightly.
some children are just hyperactive, it is a natural behaviour that most kids grow out of. but if they are constantly hyperactive and do not react to normal social conditioning and grow out of it then there is a problem.
with regards to attention deficit, some children really can't concentrate, stop talking sit still etc etc, which makes a situation like school impossible, adult life will be less problematic.
as for the reason, no one knows. diet is apparently a big factor, as well as general parenting, but to those of you who say it's just down to these environmental /social factors, then how come you sometimes have a family with several children and only one acts in an antisocial behaviour.
however my point is, YES ITS MADE UP, SOMEONE NOTICED A SET OF PROBLEMs AND MADE UP AN ILLNESS. the same is true for autism, dyslexia etc etc.
There is another condition called ODD (oppositional defiance disorder), that i was extremely sceptical as it just sounded like an extremely defiant teenager, however i met a teenager recently that met the description of the condition exactly. the child has many many issues and i thought to myself i wonder if he was diagnosed as suffering from ODD could his life and education be improved, as i said above im not an educational psychologist just interested.
Bill
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Helmet Cole said:I was diagnosed with ADHD but it later turned out that I'm just a ****. I have no underlying medical / psychological condition other than a bit of an inferiority complex due to my tiny genitals and intellect.
I would challenge anyone to put one kid who has ADHD in a room with another who is just a bit of a bell end who has been badly brought up, observe them and try to tell the difference. We continue to give Ritalin to kids with "ADHD" when really it is the parents we should be medicating -in Switzerland, at Dignitas.
lol, piss funny. cheers.
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Probably only a year of history. A different teaching method to any I've seen before, everybody loved him. He made us read quietly a few paragraphs then asked questions. It was amazing how he could engage a class even the naughty ones. The only time I've had real focus!another generation said:It's not being lazy, though, is it? Did you manage to keep your focus at school for subjects that really interested you?Crouchinho said:At school I could never focus for more than 2 minutes. No matter how hard I tried to listen or focus is always end up day dreaming or getting distracted. Maybe in today's world that would be some sort of disorder. Funnily enough I am fully focused on footy for 90 mind. So a selective lazyness
Infant and junior school made me do hearing tests back in the 80's, big headphones when you hear a noise lol. I guess that was their conclusion to everything back in the day. If you do shit you're deaf and blind.
Ducado
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I have no doubt that it exists, but I doubt that it is as common as we think, but I also think there are other factors at play, including diet, lack of outdoor exercise, over stimulation (as a society we are all over stimulated, some of it can't be helped, but much can be avoided, like watching too much TV)
I think it does exist, and I think it is a modern illness caused by several factors.
However, I also think that some are labelled with the condition when really there is something else going on. I deal with kids every day who have been diagnosed with it when you get the sense that it was applied wrongly.
However, I also think that some are labelled with the condition when really there is something else going on. I deal with kids every day who have been diagnosed with it when you get the sense that it was applied wrongly.
Feed-The-Goat
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I don't even know what it is to be honest.
Pigeonho
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It means you're a shit parent and that your kid is a naughty boy/girl. Oh, it also means you don't know how to feed your child with the proper nutrition he/she needs.Feed-The-Goat said:I don't even know what it is to be honest.
Timmmmahhhh
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Pigeonho said:It means you're a shit parent and that your kid is a naughty boy/girl. Oh, it also means you don't know how to feed your child with the proper nutrition he/she needs.Feed-The-Goat said:I don't even know what it is to be honest.
Chill Pidge, don't rise to it.