as Generation ADD/ADHD gets their licenses, watch out[views:1669][posts:9]_______________________________________ [Sep 15,2008 10:00am - the_reverend ""] http://www.cnn.com/2008/HEALTH/conditions/09/15/hm.driving.add/index.html why do I not remember a single add/adhd kid when I was in school? |
| _______________________________________ [Sep 15,2008 10:05am - SkinSandwich ""] ADD/ADHD Is just another false diagnosis for the pharmacutical companies to cash in. If you took everyone on this planet and had them evaluated, everyone would have some sort of mental disorder tagged on them. |
| _______________________________________ [Sep 15,2008 10:09am - the_reverend ""] but those drugs are so awesome, am I right? |
| _______________________________________ [Sep 15,2008 10:15am - SkinSandwich ""] Well, yeah, you're right. I want ADD, HEY LOOK A BUTTERFLY! |
| _____________________________________ [Sep 15,2008 10:23am - DYA / NLI ""] ADD is a totally valid diagnosis. Problem is, for a while it was the pop diagnosis when a lazy MD or shrink couldn't figure out why the kid wouldn't listen - "He's got the ADD, pump him full of Ritalin so he'll sit down and shut up." |
| _______________________________________ [Sep 15,2008 10:25am - the_reverend ""] truf, but when I was a kid, I can only think of one kid that had it (a friend's little "uncontrollable" brother). now, every kid has it. |
| _______________________________ [Sep 15,2008 10:31am - Yeti ""] dya you're right, it is valid, but not nearly as many people have it as they say do. any kid who doesn't act like a full grown adult has some kind of issue. imagination is now a mental disorder. |
| __________________________________ [Sep 15,2008 12:35pm - oscarct ""] Now you kids with your loud music and your Dan Fogelberg your Zima, hula hoops and Pac-Man video games, don't you see? People today have attention spans that can only be measured in nanoseconds |
| ____________________________________ [Sep 15,2008 4:03pm - DYA / NLI ""] Wait, what? |
| _______________________________ [Sep 15,2008 4:07pm - aril ""] I still have a highly active imagination and probably have ADHD. |