An ADHD diagnosis is often sought by parents to excuse their child's shortcomings, amirite?

Rush Limbaugh? Is that you?

by Ok-Guess5049 1 week ago

There's a name I haven't heard from a long time. A 90s reference! Is he still around?

by New_Collection 1 week ago

Nah, too many cigs and painkillers

by Ok-Guess5049 1 week ago

So it's pretty unlikely that I am him, isn't it?

by New_Collection 1 week ago

This and lazy teachers pushing it

by Anonymous 1 week ago

Yep. Can't manage a classroom? Never mind! You can just have all the boys medicated!

by New_Collection 1 week ago

Uh, no. ADHD meds don't work like you think/ Do you know what ADHD meds do for kids who don't have ADHD? They make them wired. They jump off the walls. This is why people buy ADHD meds illegally. I had a student who made a lot of $$ by selling his ADHD meds. ON the meds. he was reasonably calm. OFF the meds, he was unable to sit still. I had a nephew with ADHD. His mom didn't want him on meds, so she gave him caffeinated beverages (not recommended) to settle him down. ADHD meds are speed, not sedatives.

by Anonymous 1 week ago

The dose is the key, not the diagnosis. College students without ADHD abuse ADHD meds to help them study. It doesn't get them wired and jumping off walls. Conversely, people with ADHD will get wired if they take too much.

by New_Collection 1 week ago

You just like, made that up from your own speculation

by Shannon37 1 week ago

Which part do you think I made up?

by New_Collection 1 week ago

You're suggesting adderall affects everyone the same. That's just flat out wrong

by Shannon37 1 week ago

The dose is important, but so is the diagnosis.

by Anonymous 1 week ago

Amphetamines don't magically have different effects in people with an ADHD diagnosis. That's really not how it works!

by New_Collection 1 week ago

Yeah they do lol. People with ADHD have a literal difference in brain receptors. When I take a high dose of Adderall, I act normal. When someone without ADHD takes it, they tweak. There's a lot of meds that affect people differently depending on if they need it or not lol

by Anonymous 1 week ago

"People with ADHD have a literal difference in brain receptors." And is that an uncontested scientific fact? Which receptors, prithee?

by New_Collection 1 week ago

Exactly! This is parents too Let's be honest you can train any dog to behave don't tell me you can't train a child

by Anonymous 1 week ago

I say this as a person with ADHD who has never medicated and raised six children half with ADHD There are many positive traits associated with ADHD we all need to learn to play the cards we are dealt

by Anonymous 1 week ago

Yep and the ones that do need help most likely have undiagnosed autism

by shanna34 1 week ago

Whatever happened to dyslexia? That was all the rage when I was growing up

by New_Collection 1 week ago

It's still around they just know how to intervene better.

by Anonymous 1 week ago

Pleased to hear that.

by New_Collection 1 week ago

That's for kids who can't read not act up

by shanna34 1 week ago