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I "believe in" ADD - for some people, there is some kind of chemical imbalance or structural/functional misfiring that leads to an inability to pay attention. However, I think the syndrome is 1. poorly defined, and 2. because of that, overdiagnosed. I think a lot of people, especially kids, who are diagnosed with ADD may be suffering from some other kind of learning disorder, or just bad study skills, and that medication should be the last stop after trying a number of non-pharmaceutical methods to deal with the problem. Sometimes the diagnosis is just to give the kid Ritalin right off and see if the problem goes away. WTF?!
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