ADHD

I don't have any of the top of my head. My sister who is a trainee psychologist even thinks it's a load of bull.

hi,

for starters I have ADHD, diagnosed with it when I was in primary school, misbehaved quite a bit, but didn't receive any special treatment or anything and did ok in my sats, when starting secondry school i started taking a low dose of ritalin concerter, this meant i could concentrate on my work better and i could see how i was behaving, which i never really noticed before. I started behaving as normal, at start of my GCSEs i decided i didn't want to take it any more, and to see if i was okay without it, i was, and it helped my confidence and i did well in my exams and went on to a-level and am now doing a physics degree, and although i have trouble concentrating on my work sometimes, but I'm doing okay, but it is a real thing. my ADHD, btw, isn't very severe.

Basically it mean i'm more prone to getting distracted by things than a normal person, and have trouble concentrating even when i want to.

Anyway, basically ADHD has been proved to be linked to certain genes and is cause by a lack of certain chemicals being produced in the brain, ritalin causes this chemical to be produced and hence allows your brain to function normally.

sorry for the long post :P

but it's the basic principle that none of them try.

I don't mean to offend anybody with ADHD or anybody that knows somebody with ADHD. I have a friend that has it too.

I honestly think that it is a lot of nonsense. It just doesn't make sense to me.

Somebody with ADHD can spit in a teachers face and get away with it and called 'brave' and receive a new gaming console or something. If somebody like you or me did it we'd probably be kicked out of education personally.

I just think that it's an awful reason for parents to justify why their child/children are misbehaving.

I would say that it's a little bit too far to call it a disability.

What are your thoughts on this?

Sadly it seems that mature discussion is too much for some people in this thread The thing is that there is no conclusive evidence for ADHD besides a very vague check list of how a badly behaved child acts. Unlike a psychopath, it is unknown how much is physical, and how much is nurture. As many new studies show that as outside stimulus, eg a good smack, can cause change, that ADHD is most likely nurture thus is just a medical diagnosis of bad behaviour.




Yet I was not the one who resorted to ad hominem attacks and confused debating with insulting the other person.
And as I said in my first post, I have dealt and managed to magically cure ADHD. As shown above, I do know a fair bit about it and have done my research. Have you? Thought not

I don't mean to offend anybody with ADHD or anybody that knows somebody with ADHD. I have a friend that has it too.

I honestly think that it is a lot of nonsense. It just doesn't make sense to me.

Somebody with ADHD can spit in a teachers face and get away with it and called 'brave' and receive a new gaming console or something. If somebody like you or me did it we'd probably be kicked out of education personally.

I just think that it's an awful reason for parents to justify why their child/children are misbehaving.

I would say that it's a little bit too far to call it a disability.

What are your thoughts on this?

If you think providing one link to a study is knowing how to research, good luck with university if you're planning on going, that's all I can say.People like you like to think you have an answer for everything, and bless, you know a Latin phrase that you like to repeat, good for you! The diagnosis for ADHD can be abused, yes, but that doesn't mean to say it doesn't exist; just because you cannot see the illness doesn't mean it isn't there.

The boldened part highlights why I think you're uneducated and uninformed by the way; hitting children might make them behave in the short term but I don't want my children resenting me in the future (ADHD diagnosis or not) thank you very much. I also fail to see where that study you've linked says that an outside stimulus such as hitting a child would do good, you probably made that up. It's also funny you think hitting a child is the magic cure when the study you've linked clearly explains that ADHD is a neurodevelopmental disorder (look it up).

I'm going to leave it now, you like to think you're right about everything and that's fine, just don't expect people not to laugh at you.

Adhd isnt necessarily about being naughty its the lack of concentration and hyperactiveness.

I was diagnosed alot later in my school life, my school reports even from primary school always said i was distracted could do better in class and could be quite boisterous

having someone diagnose the condition and being put on medication and being given alot of support and help has been so benefical and i feel like ive done so well. I was diagnosed before my gcses and wish someone would of noticed sooner

There is a general amount of sterotypes with ADHD and thats why i choose not always to mention it to friends and family. Not all kids are bad kids, i never hurt or even damaged anyone because of it. I was just particularly cheeky and often got found my self in trouble because kids with adhd act irrationally and dont fully think about consequences or action.

Adhd is something that you can grow out of admittingly but just because it cannot be proved scientifically through a brain scan or like a blood test does not mean that its not a legitimate condition!

Oh look, no sources from you. Why am I not surprised at another person pretending that their opinion is fact.

I have already told you that many kids who are rarely hit by their parents when they are misbehaving so not resent their parents, but yet again you convinced ignores this point.
It is also hilarious how you clearly going to end up being one of these modern mothers who is too afraid to punish their child as you fear that they will not love you.

Now go do some research into how the brain works and realise that the brain is able to adapt (even though this is stated in my source, yet again you missed it), rather than stating unsubstantiated opinion as fact.

Oh look, no sources from you. Why am I not surprised at another person pretending that their opinion is fact.

I have already told you that many kids who are rarely hit by their parents when they are misbehaving so not resent their parents, but yet again you convinced ignores this point.
It is also hilarious how you clearly going to end up being one of these modern mothers who is too afraid to punish their child as you fear that they will not love you.

Now go do some research into how the brain works and realise that the brain is able to adapt (even though this is stated in my source, yet again you missed it), rather than stating unsubstantiated opinion as fact.




Just like many children and that they simply improved over time due to strict discipline and maturity rather than being given a label and drugs.

Exactly. I find it ridiculous.

I think that it just sets kids up for a self fulfilling prophecy. I have noticed that a huge majority of people with ADHD have parents on benefits. Is this because they get more money?

I think it just sets the tone that messing about is okay as long as you have a reason to justify it. If I were them I'd take school more seriously.

Im not sure what you're trying to say, I had discipline at home and throughout my school life. Ive had the same if not more discipline then my brother and he doesn't suffer with adhd. If you blame this on parenting and education then my brothers and myself would all suffer. We went to the same primary school same parents but different secondary schools.

I don't see how you jumped to those conclusions. I know many families where one child is smart and the other is stupid, one is good looking and one is not etc. People vary. Some might need more discipline than others.




...as in the same "help" a child received when they were badly behaved and were disciplined? As I said, I know many people with problems concentrating and it is all to do with self control, not some inherent brain defect.




Well of course rich parents are happy to spend more money.
So what did you do at this disability clinic?

i think you are being quite insensitive!
my dad is heavily dyslexic and when he was at school he was often called naughty or lazy because no one really understood.

narrow minded people like yourself do not help the issue but infact make it worse by trying to mask disabilities and disregard them, even though you have no right too!

Or I know many people who are dyslexic and have done perfectly well even though they only get diagnosed during uni thus those who misbehave are using their condition as an excuse.

the fundamental basis of your argument is probably on two or three of your class mates. Sweeping generalisation. No evidence.

...and yours is your dad I don't think you have any grounds to be criticising anecdotal evidence, unless of course you have some sources to back up your claims.