ADHD is a huge industry.
Watched a Dr Jason Frum youtube video the other day. He was talking about all the kids being given snacks and tons of fruit juice. Kids are developing TYpe 2 diabetes and ADHD.
The shrink who invented ADHD later admitted that he was wrong. A multi-billion dollar industry built on a lie.
Funny. In the 70’s when I grew up there was no such thing as ADHD. I did not know one single kid who was on drugs because of their behavior.
We all survived and didn’t go on killing sprees.
And each of them are a revenue stream for the big-government/big-pharmaceutical criminal complex.
Give boys who act like boys Ritalin. That’s what it’s all about.
They can drug their "behavior problems" into little, stumbling zombies, and, since no one actually checks on their performance, they can be utter failures as teachers, and no one expects anything. Then, teachers can retire at 55, with 100% of their excessive income and campaign for whatever Socialist candidates their union says to...
Public schools are geared for little girls...sit in your seat, be quiet, do assigned academic activities. Anyone who deviates from this perfect atmosphere has ADHD. Drugs to make boys act like quiet little girls were prescribed to keep the teachers happy.
A part, perhaps a large part of the ADHD “crisis” is caused by parents who do not know how to parent. Their kids become almost feral without guidance.
I could go on a piss off a bunch of liberal FReepers so I’ll shutup.
When I was a kid, ADHD was spelled BRAT.
We chose to SPANK our boys, so never a need to drug them, or have them diagnosed with ADD.
Sure glad I wasn't medicated!
B.A. and M.S., retired at 62 and won't touch my IRA til 71.
So, they medicate the kids who can't sit still.
I do not believe in most of these learning disabilities. Except for IQ differences and a need for children to be actively engaged in learning experiences and to have free time and physical activity, very few children have "disabilities". I worked at a high-end learning center for a few years. It's amazing how these disabilities disappeared in a quite room with appropriate work and children expected to get it right.
I wanted to do something to help kids with that problem but I got distracted and lost interest.
... because 80 percent of teachers are boring.
Just like Statins. Doctors over-prescribe everything. If they had their way, we would all be doped up on drugs 24/7.
When I went to school, no kids had ADHD. Some boys were “hyper”. They became less hyper as they got older. They weren’t pumped with toxic drugs to neuter or zombify them. They were boys and grew into men.
38. Transfer some of the powers of arrest from the police to social agencies. Treat all behavioral problems as psychiatric disorders which no one but psychiatrists can understand [or treat].
39. Dominate the psychiatric profession and use mental health laws as a means of gaining coercive control over those who oppose Communist goals.
I used to be one of those kids diagnosed as ADHD. I quit taking all medication except the allergy medal because the allergies do affect how well I can breathe. As for children? give them something to do. Have them do some work in the house with you and make sure that they exercise. Nowadays people look at drugs as too ready of a solution. I do believe some children are severely impaired, but I also believe that’s a small sliver of the total as well.