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thingstodo · 12-26-2007, 05:38 AM

[QUOTE=Lasereth]ADHD = parents don't want to control their brat so they give them sedatives and say he's ADHD.

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It's not a one size fits all world.

My 2nd-grader was finally diagnosed with ADD in 1984, long before it was popular. His teachers said he would grow out of it. He didn't. Unfortunately, medication didn't work, either. Therapy helped some, mainly for us his parents. The biggest thing was the relief of developing an understanding of what was going on. So we thought.

Now, I'm sure some parents want to medicate their kids because they can't control them. Odd, though, that an amphetamine can control a hyperactive kid, isn't it. I mean, isn't that a contradiction of the kid was normal? But I stray from my tale.

Flash forward to today. Our 30-year old is bi-polar. Unfortunately, many kids during at least the 80s were diagnosed with ADD when there was someother mental illness developing. Had he been disagnosed correctly back then he may have been better off today. We'll never know. Instead, drugs came into the picture and you know how those stories go.

Back to my original comment: be careful how you judge because it's not a one size fits all world.

12-26-2007, 05:38 AM	#35 (permalink)
thingstodo A Storm Is Coming Location: The Great White North	[QUOTE=Lasereth]ADHD = parents don't want to control their brat so they give them sedatives and say he's ADHD. QUOTE] It's not a one size fits all world. My 2nd-grader was finally diagnosed with ADD in 1984, long before it was popular. His teachers said he would grow out of it. He didn't. Unfortunately, medication didn't work, either. Therapy helped some, mainly for us his parents. The biggest thing was the relief of developing an understanding of what was going on. So we thought. Now, I'm sure some parents want to medicate their kids because they can't control them. Odd, though, that an amphetamine can control a hyperactive kid, isn't it. I mean, isn't that a contradiction of the kid was normal? But I stray from my tale. Flash forward to today. Our 30-year old is bi-polar. Unfortunately, many kids during at least the 80s were diagnosed with ADD when there was someother mental illness developing. Had he been disagnosed correctly back then he may have been better off today. We'll never know. Instead, drugs came into the picture and you know how those stories go. Back to my original comment: be careful how you judge because it's not a one size fits all world. __________________ If you're wringing your hands you can't roll up your shirt sleeves. Stangers have the best candy.