Posted on 11/25/2013 7:52:11 PM PST by Olog-hai
The percentage of American children from 4 through 17 years of age who have ever been diagnosed with attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) increased 42 percent from 2003 to 2011, according to a newly released study by the federal Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.
The study indicated that more than 20 percent of 11- and 14-year-old American boys had been diagnosed with ADHD at some point in their lives, that boys were 125 percent more likely than girls to be diagnosed with the disorder, and that boys were 127 percent more likely than girls to be medicated for it.
The study also found that children in public health programs (Medicaid and the State Children’s Health Insurance Program) were 53 percent more likely to be diagnosed with ADHD than children with private health insurance. …
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When I was a kid little boys with ADHD were called “brats”. When they got older, they were called “bad boys”. And when they grew up they were called Alpha Males and warriors.
You're right, I forgot about that. I spent many years as an urban school teacher. Once a month, we had to fill out a form that asked questions like "This month, did you advise a student to seek professional help?"
The more "yeses" we answered, the more money the school got. No one even checked to see if our answers were true. Crazy.
Hardly a “disorder” if 20% of the population has it......
Boys are different than girls? Who knew?
You can’t define down government workers forever. At some point they hit rock bottom and can’t go any further.
>> Nothing like a government-defined mental disorder.
Yup.
>> What does that sound like?
The Obama Administration...
They are not gonna get my boys!
I’m teaching them to fight shout shoot wrestle hike swim bike run play football basketball golf tennis baseball hockey and MORE!
I’ve gas more than one liberal tell me I’m teaching my kids to be bullies
I laugh in their faces. My kids are nice nice nice especially to girls
One nazi type a fat slob woman who obviuosly had always cowed nen tried to give me sh$t at my own Y and I humiliated her completely
I said to her “ I talk back “. And I DO
( when I feel like it)
Oh by the way I have a girl, 13, who I gave boy training too
Rocks, sticks, dirt, sand , the beach etc
Love the fact that liberals really are just jealous and copy me
Hee hee
Why not have the article say 80 percent of boys do not have ADHD. Who cares about those boys who can’t seem to control themselves. They are the ones that typically end up our mass murderers.
ADHD is BS; it’s boyhood. Eff the gov’t.
Here’s a definition of ADHD for ya:
A socially created “disease” that can be attributed to: a)boys raised without fathers, b)hostility to masculinity, c)a proclivity to chemical “quick fixes,” d)a redefinition of bad behavior as disease.
I’m sure others can add other factors to the “etiology” of said “illness.”
My father cured our attention deficit with a leather belt. Although he’s gone, I still thank him for it everyday.
Put the kids to work. Make them play sports. For.the love of Pete these kids have energy to burn! Drugs not needed
More than 80% of teachers can’t cope.
I agree it is very real. I disagree with the percentages though. I think likely 90% of the ADD ADHD diagnoses are misdiagnosed and about 75% of those are a very real very similar disorder of which Ritalin can not help.
ADD ADHD and Ritalin were around before I was born in 1957. I was thought to have ADD ADHD as I had many of the symptoms especially lack of concentration and short attention span. I still have that issue.
The {Specialist} are missing and overlooking the key piece to the so called ADD ADHD epidemic. Do medical history work ups focusing on the childs Sinuses and Ears. Chronic sinus allergies and chronic ear infections can damaged the childs Inner Ear. A Damaged Inner Ear or the Cerebellar/Vestibular portion of the sensory processing system can and in most cases will give many ADD ADHD symptoms. However Ritalin can not help them and only makes it worse.
What I am talking about also effects such things as reading ability, eye-muscle coordination, walking, ability to understand/process given verbal commands, intolerance's in some cases to certain auditory or visual situations. It is also a leading cause of adult anxiety disorders. It can in rare cases in adult life lead to disability due to severe sensory processing issues. It will often be misdiagnosed as General Anxiety Disorder unless the doctors do a good work up. Been there, have that, and know what I'm talking about. I do not however have ADD ADHD LOL.
I'm not a doctor. But as a disabled Vestibular Patient I have looked real deep at this issue. 25 years ago very few doctors understood this. Today many Audiologist have heard of and can test for C.A.P.D. which stands for Central Auditory Processing Disorders. These are very real and can be hard to deal with. However the treatment generally is treating what is doing the damages to start with such as ear infections are allergies. The cost to schools? Simple classroom modifications such as placement in the front of the room and the teacher looking at the kid when talking. These kids even though they can hear read lips faster and can process that faster than their hearing.
An example is telling a boy Billy go take out the trash, feed the dog, and clean up your room. Billy may be watching TV or talking to someoene when you say it. Billy you think ignores you. No Billy may have heard you but it did not process in the brain. You repeat your orders and Billy says Huh? Then you begin to say it for a third time and in the middle of it Billy acts like he all of the sudden gets it. Billy says OK. Goes and takes out the trash and maybe feeds the dog. Likely one of the three commands he did not process. Billy isn't being a brat or deliberately ignoring you. Tell Bill to do these things one at a time instead. Vestibular patients have serious issues retaining in their short term memory verbal order or multitasking as it is called.
The funny thing is that no one seems to care why it happens.
Ritalin helps kids in the same way that caffeine helps adults. As a matter of fact, when a kid forgets to take his Ritalin in the local schools, they give him Diet Mountain Dew.
“A gramme is better than a damn”
The schools benefit from such diagnoses too, don’t they?
That's fine. Let them play sports that is a good way to watch for what I have posted in post 34. If a kid is playing baseball and having uncorrectable difficulty when trying to his a baseball it is not the kids fault. Watch for delayed swinging at the ball, ducking away from the ball as if afraid, or swinging at the ball too soon. Watch the kids behavioral responses as well. The kid will not ever be able to play baseball. The kid will need what is called Occupational Therapy which will focus on coordination issues. These things are being missed in doctors offices.
Look at the kids shoes. Is the kid wearing out shoes quickly by breaking the sides over? That points to balance issues. My parents bought me shoes once a month. I had two years of Occupational Therapy in 1970.
I have functional one eye vision. I have vision in both eyes but only one at a time can function. Because I got help I passed both my Navy entrance physical and later my Army NG physical. I also have an extensive history of sinus allergies to the extent shots are required. I do think a lot of kids have this. But I believe it is our technology advances in audio/visual entertainment which has brought it to an epidemic level. Forget the shrink till you take a kid to an audiologist and even an Occupational Therapist. Oh and the best part? No drugs needed.
Wow. I had a ct scan on my head this year and have structural problems with sinuses and ears which has caused chronic problems. I had no idea it could cause ADD like symptoms. That would explain so much! A steroid nasal spray has helped me more than anything thus far, it even seems to help my ears.
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